In November 2018, Bunnings, the Australian hardware retailer issued new guidelines for charities who raise funds from sausage sizzles outside Bunnings’ stores. A sausage sizzle at its simplest is the act of cooking thin beef mince sausages on a barbecue hot plate (never the grill section) and serving it nestled in the fold of a …
In search of Parramatta’s lost oranges
There I was, at the last session of Touring Tastes: exploring histories of Australian food and culture, a seminar put on by the History Council of NSW as part of the Orange Readers’ and Writers’ Festival 2018. The speaker was discussing tourism generally in Australia, and I guess because he was in Orange, casually mentioned how …
‘Doing’ Curry and Rice
Of course I ate it, desperate not to be out of place while all the while feeling very much out of place. https://bit.ly/2vpjzZl
Essentials: oils, starch, and stuff in jars
In his 2000 book Hunger, Terry Durack, chief restaurant critic for The Sydney Morning Herald and the co-editor of the SMH Good Food Guide, listed the ‘bare essentials’ as he saw them for the home pantry. ‘You only need two oils (extra-virgin olive and peanut) and two vinegars (red wine and Japanese rice). Sauces are …
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