2002There’s no getting away from it. Food, sex and politics have been inextricably linked since Adam and Eve dallied with a snake over an apple in the Garden of Eden. …
April 2025It was the doglato that did it. Set me wondering what was happening in Django’s (my companion dog) food world. This article is a brief overview.Read more.
April 2025There are two unusual features of Ada’s Cookery Book for me. The recipes follow each other closely with no space for additions and little for revisions: they are ordered …
April 2025Just the other day a school friend of mine living in England sent me an article from the Spectator about ‘Golden Syrup Dumplings’ which the article said are ‘a …
A paper for 'Cooking and Eating in Adversity' New Zealand Symposium of Gastronomy and Food History. November 2020For dole bread is bitter breadBitter bread and sourThere’s grief in the taste …
April 2025Most days breakfast is damper and a cup of tea. The cook has been awake well before the drovers to prepare these. Every cook has his own recipe for …
March 2025I asked: What are the bare essentials in your larder?The top five wereOlive oilTinned tomatoesPasta (specified non gluten for one of you)GarlicOnionsThere’s clearly a lot of spag bol being …
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