When can we say that a cuisine is now a standard part of the Australian table? We can look at the growth of cuisine specific high-end restaurants. We can gauge …
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In True to The Land. A History of food in Australia I wrote of the gig economy home delivery workers: Whether people working in the gig economy are employees or independent …
Aunty Beryl’s Cookbook
17 September 2026
Here I am, I’m a Gamilaroi woman, eighty-three years of age, and I have written a cookbook. That makes me feel really happy, I’m fulfilling a dream I have always …
The pineapple pizza in Australia
22 July 2026
Love it or hate it pineapple continues to be a topping for pizza. This article tracks the road to it over 110 years of pizza in Australia from the first …
As I talk with Chris I can’t get that song [David Bowies Rebel Rebel] out of my head. Partly, that’s the image of her and her partner Margie Harris, turning …
From milkshakes to smoothies. A brief history.
2 July 2026
My first milkshake was poured for me by Charmain Solomon in the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo where she and her husband Reuben were lodged. This was before she became …
In the first weeks of the outbreak of COVID 19 in Australia in 2020, State governments across the country instituted mandatory conditions on the movements of people in different settings. …
Picnic at Hanging Rock. The comestibles and drinks.
22 June 2026
It’s undoubtedly the most famous of all picnics in Australia albeit a fictional one. It’s in Joan Lindsay’s 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock. On Valentine’s Day 1900 some schoolgirls …
From Mindful Eating to Saving the Planet. A summary of the current Australian foodscape.
12 June 2026
This article describes some cuisines and contemporary issues at the multiculinary Australian table. Read more.
Modern Slavery. PALM workers in the agricultural, horticultural, and meat processing sectors.
12 June 2026
I am a food writer often in a social justice frame. I have been aware for some time of the conditions of seasonal workers in the agricultural sector but had …
When I first heard the term ‘vertical farming’ I had a vision of boxes of plants attached perpendicularly to an outside wall of buildings. I had it wrong of course. …
AI has been part of the grocery system for some time. Think advanced self-service checkouts and hand-held scanners. What’s coming to a supermarket near you over the next twelve months …
Looking for Licorice All Sorts. A confectionery quest
23 April 2026
It began as I ate the last of my Licorice All Sorts, those cubes about as big as the top joint of my small finger made from layers of thin …
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