It’s often said that Australians will add pineapple to anything foodwise, the classic Aussie hamburger, chops on the barbie, pineapple on pizza being proffered as evidence The last is easily …
October 2023 It’s often said that Australians will add pineapple to anything foodwise, the classic Aussie hamburger, chops on the barbie, pineapple on pizza being proffered as evidence The last is …
Not a feed for a hungry man: a sketch of okra in Australia Okra are seen in the markets more and more but are a relative newcomer. The Australian Women’s Weekly 1981 The …
August 2023 The guava is my favourite fruit firmly established in this position from my childhood days in Sri Lanka picking guavas from trees of our neighbours. It was the combination …
2023 Okra are seen in the markets more and more but are a relative newcomer. The Australian Women’s Weekly 1981 The story of Anglo-Celtic Australian cuisine from the first days of the colony …
The feral flying under the radar: why we need to rethink European honeybees Feral honeybees have successfully invaded most land-based ecosystems across Australia, including woodlands, rainforests, mangrove-salt marsh, alpine and arid ecosystems. They can …
August 2023 No farm should be without rosellas. They are easily grown, they bear heavily, they make an excellent preserve, and are infinitely preferred to the mulberry for puddings. The fruit …
I never ate Janni Kyritsis’ food at Berowra Waters; for lack of the dosh, not for lack of desire. It wasn’t until his stint at MG Garage that I had …
“The rich must stop consuming so much”, says Hervé Guyomard of the French agricultural and development research agency INRA. This is one of three conditions for being able to feed …
Good question. For the 15th Symposim of Australian Gastronomy being held there. At Snug, I see a chalkboard sign promising half a smoked salmon for $15. It’s from the local butcher …
Question: How many kinds of native truffle are there in Australia? Answer: 1000 and still counting. Question: How many of them are edible? Answer: Native furry things eat them all, …
I tried not to, I really did; but what happened was this. My septuagenarian mum decided she so much liked a purslane mallung I once made that she commissioned a …
The man not three meters away from me on busy Waigani Road in Port Morseby is wielding in one hand a knife around a meter in length, blade blinding silver …
