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July 2025 As a kid in Sri Lanka quaffing condensed milk was a daily practice. The can had two holes in it – triangular from the tool that made them. I …
June 2025 Vegemite was created by Dr. Cyril P Collister in 1923 for the Fred Walker Company, a food producer and export company. Collister was tasked with developing a spread ‘from …
July 2025 One of the themes that ran through my book True To The Land A history of food in Australia was foodways of Indigenous Australians. I thought I had all …
June 2025 I remember a time when there were only half a dozen Indian restaurants in Sydney all with the same menu – Fish Curry, Beef Curry, Eggplant Curry, and Dhal …
June 2025 My earliest food memory is of eating rice and dhal hand fed by our cook. She expertly mixed rice and dhal into small off-shape balls that were popped into …
May 2025 We’ve entered the age of the hot cross ice-cream, loaf, sandwich and ‘crosskie’ While there will always be a place for sturdy, raisin-studded rolls, being hot, crossed and a bun …
May 2025 Symposiums of Australian Gastronomy (SAGs from hereon) are biennial events begun in March1984 that bring together food historians, food writers, academics, cooks and people interested in food and foodways …
April 2025 It 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 2025 Just 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 …
April 2025 Most 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 2025 I asked: What are the bare essentials in your larder? The top five were Olive oil Tinned tomatoes Pasta (specified non gluten for one of you) Garlic Onions There’s clearly a lot of spag bol being …
March 2025 In January 2025 The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC from hereon) showed the series ‘Eat The Invaders’. Host Tony Armstrong - with the help of scientists, land carers, an artist …
March 2025 In July 2023 a team of archaeolgists announced that they had found evidence at Oc Eo, an archaeological site in South Vietnam dating back 2000 years, of the use …
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