June 2024
Lately I’ve been fascinated by some aspects of early colonial foodways that I overlooked in my history of food in Australia. As redress, I have written about nurserymen who provided plants and seeds to the colonists for both vegetables and fruit and the role of pharmacists as spice sellers. When researching for these I came across references to pastry cooks/confectioners. What I read of them whetted my appetite for writing an article about their place in the foodways of the early colonies.
