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Jelly Crystals and Evaporated Milk: On the trail of the ‘Australian flummery’
2 June 2023

April  2022 It was the kind of observation on Australian history by a new chef that ever-so-slightly irks the food historian in me and sets me sleuthing for the evidence to …

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Chillies – A Survey of Published Recipes 1871 – 1921
30 April 2023

Tartare Sauce Put the yolks of two raw eggs into a basin with half a saltspoonful of salt, a little pepper, and half a teaspoonful each of French and English made …

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Too sweet, and … pineapple!.  A brief history of Sweet and Sour Pork in Australia.
30 April 2023

April 2023 I came across someone the other day who has never eaten sweet and sour pork.  The more I tried to explain what it was the more she looked bewildered …

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Diggings 12 July 2021
17 March 2023

As this is NAIDOC Week (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) the lead articles in this edition of Diggings deal with Indigenous Australian foodways. The first four of these …

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Diggings 11 October 2021
17 March 2023

Tasmania pledges 10-year ‘reset’ for $1 billion salmon industry Tasmania’s heavily scrutinised salmon industry will undergo a “reset” under a state government plan to increase land-based fish farming and operations in …

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Diggings 25 October 2021
17 March 2023

Turning 11 acres of a NSW ‘dumping site’ into a world-class farm Hilly, overgrown and riven by two creeks, it had become a dumping site since the previous tenants abandoned their …

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Diggings 25 February 2022
17 March 2023

World-first research confirms Australia’s forests became catastrophic fire risk after British invasion Contemporary approaches to forest management in Australia are based on suppression – extinguishing bushfires once they’ve started, or seeking to prevent …

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Diggings 22 December 2022
14 March 2023

How to make the perfect pavlova, according to chemistry experts The pavlova is a summer icon; just a few simple ingredients can be transformed into a beautifully flavoured and textured dessert. But despite …

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Diggings 26 August 2018
26 August 2018

World's oldest cheese confirmed in Egyptian tomb — but it may be filled with a deadly disease ‘Aged cheeses might have an appeal, but a 3,200-year-old sample of the popular dairy …

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‘Doing’ Curry and Rice
5 August 2018

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

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Diggings 5 August 2018
5 August 2018

  How not to package the daily recommended five pieces of fruit. ‘Bio-Nazis’ go green in Germany White supremacists in Germany and elsewhere are embracing diets free of animal products, demonstrating recipes on …

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Diggings 11 July 2018
11 July 2018

Breaking News: SAG 22 Regos open Take your place for a weekend of conviviality, conversation and culinary creativity. The 22nd Symposium of Australian Gastronomy brings together some of the most influential and creative …

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Diggings 16 June 2018
16 June 2018

Anthony Bourdain, 'Parts Unknown' Host and Chef, Dead At 61 “It is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague, Anthony Bourdain,” CNN said in a statement. …

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