Long form articles published and unpublished
February 2025 There is a slur on Australia at times with being told that Australia is the only country which eats the animals on its court of arms or flag – …
February 2025 In 1891 Adam Mahomed, John Silva and Agnes Fleming were raided by police on the basis of ‘numerous complaints that the house (in which they lived) … was the …
January 2025 I like many other Australians have cooked a damper in the ashes of a fire while camping. I didn’t give any thought to its origin or its place at …
December 2024 There is a view that Australian cuisine was woeful before the influx post-World War 2 of migrants from Middle European countries beginning in 1947. Engagement with their cuisines – …
Published in Petits Propos Culinaire 106, Prospect Books, September 2016 A group of us have been meeting monthly to talk about food and food writing. At our last meeting the question …
October 2024 The White Paper 'Food AI: A game changer for Australia's food and beverage sector' was published in April 2024. The White Paper was the result of ‘a collaborative effort, …
Paper presented to the 23rd Symposium of Australian Gastronomy, July 2020 When I first read Oh, for a French Wife!, the 1952 book written by Ted Moloney and Lloyd Ring (Deke) …
September 2024 In 1948, Roy Geechoun published Cooking the Chinese Way. It contained ‘thirty popular recipes with detailed and precise instructions so that you can now cook real Chinese meals at …
September 2024 I first came across Ludwig Leichhardt in High School where he was just one of the white explorers I studied in my Australian history class. I came across him …
August 2024 In March 1938, the Western Mail (a weekly newspaper in Western Australia) announced the opening of a ‘Bush Recipes Competition’. Our new competition “Bush Recipes” is open from now until …
August 2024 In 1905 George England Hooke published Australian Fruit Preserving. A Practical Treatise on the Best Methods With Instructions for Making – Jams, Marmalades, Jellies, Conserves, Pickles, Sauces and Chutneys …
2024 Bill Harney’s Cook Book first published in 1960 is unique among Australian cookery books on two counts. First, it deals almost exclusively with recipes for cooking native animals and plants. …
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 …