In 1976 Don Dunstan, Premier of South Australia, published Don Dunstan’s Cookbook. It was a phenomenon. No other Australian of such high degree had published a book, let alone a cookbook, while still in office. More than that it profiled an Australian Cooking Style.
First published in October 1976 a reprint was published in November 1976. A revised second revised edition with additional recipes was published in 1998. ‘ It has now been out of print for many years but not a week goes by without someone telling me they still use it.
The centrepiece of both books is his chapter Towards an Australian Cooking style by which he means an Australian cuisine. This article looks at whether the Cookbook demonstrates the cuisine.
