Small Mulch Archives - Compost https://compost.sydney/category/small-mulch/ A food writing space Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:05:24 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 Okra, bhujia and masala tea. South Indian food at the Petersham domestic table. https://compost.sydney/okra-bhujia-and-masala-tea-south-indian-food-at-the-petersham-domestic-table/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:05:24 +0000 https://compost.sydney/?p=5656 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 it by when recipes for it appear in the Australian […]

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]]> Not an employee but protected. Fair working conditions for food delivery workers https://compost.sydney/not-an-employee-but-protected-fair-working-conditions-for-food-delivery-workers/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:57:05 +0000 https://compost.sydney/?p=5648 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 contractors is fundamental to determining their rights and obligations […]

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]]> Aunty Beryl’s Cookbook https://compost.sydney/aunty-beryls-cookbook/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:54:03 +0000 https://compost.sydney/?p=5629 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 had. Aunty Beryl’s Cookbook is the latest cookbook from an […]

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]]> The pineapple pizza in Australia https://compost.sydney/the-pineapple-pizza-in-australia/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:26:16 +0000 https://compost.sydney/?p=5567 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 descriptions of pizza, through recipes for it, and its commercial […]

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]]> You can’t take yourself too seriously. Chris Manfield Profiled for Divine Magazine 2001 https://compost.sydney/chris-manfield/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:39:17 +0000 https://compost.sydney/?p=5523 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 up at last year’s launch of the SMH Good Food […]

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]]> From milkshakes to smoothies. A brief history. https://compost.sydney/from-milkshakes-to-smoothies-a-brief-history/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 07:51:27 +0000 https://compost.sydney/?p=5498 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 the doyen of South Asian food in Australia. My parents […]

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]]> I never quite achieved my baking/pastry skills. Eating during COVID 19 Lockdowns. https://compost.sydney/i-never-quite-achieved-my-baking-pastry-skills-eating-during-covid-19-lockdowns/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:02:29 +0000 https://compost.sydney/?p=5485 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. One was the ban on people leaving their house without […]

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]]> Picnic at Hanging Rock. The comestibles and drinks. https://compost.sydney/picnic-at-hanging-rock-the-comestibles-and-drinks/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:52:36 +0000 https://compost.sydney/?p=5481 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 and two of their teachers from Appleyard College go on […]

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]]> From Mindful Eating to Saving the Planet. A summary of the current Australian foodscape. https://compost.sydney/from-mindful-eating-to-saving-the-planet-a-summary-of-the-current-australian-foodscape/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:06:27 +0000 https://compost.sydney/?p=5467 This article describes some cuisines and contemporary issues at the multiculinary Australian table. Read more.  

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]]> Modern Slavery. PALM workers in the agricultural, horticultural, and meat processing sectors. https://compost.sydney/modern-slavery-palm-workers-in-the-agricultural-horticultural-and-meat-processing-sectors/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:30:41 +0000 https://compost.sydney/?p=5462 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 not followed it up to any depth. Recently I came […]

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