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A nifty 50s Chrissy lunch
11 January 2018

  Say the words '50s Australian Christmas lunch' and you will be met with much eye-rolling, gasps, shakes of the head and a litany of recollections of culinary sins (some being …

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Diggings 22 Dec 2017
22 December 2017

  Happy hols all :) Food Fight: the Battle Over Sri Lankan Food Production ‘The Sri Lankan government remains largely committed to models of economic development based on large-scale commercial agriculture. The President’s …

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Mites: We have a taste
6 December 2017

Paul van Reyk In October 2017, Bega Cheese released Blend 17, a limited edition (450,000 units, only to be continued if sales warrant) of the iconic Australian yeast based spread. The appellation …

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Diggings 3 Dec 2017
3 December 2017

The artists saving traditional knowledge for the next generation ‘Story, its sacred traditions and ownership, is intrinsic to the creation of Yolngu country, all its people, animals and plants. Most plants …

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Diggings 18 November 2017
18 November 2017

A gastronomic tour of Mexico in pictures You know me, I’m a sucker for a scorpion on avocado toast. http://bit.ly/2jhJ6At France bans plastic cups, plates and cutlery ‘France has passed a new law to …

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Diggings 28th Oct 2017
28 October 2017

  Thanks to my good mate Jim Jenkins for this edition's pic - a delightful mural on a Marrakesh wall bringing welcome relief to reading about Insectageddon,  a noise-cancelling ramen fork …

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Diggings 19 October 2017
19 October 2017

Featured pic:  Brickfields quietly and tastily counters the marriage equality naysayers worried that that cake makers won't be able to deny wedding cakes to LGBTIQ couples if the law is …

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Diggings 12 October 2017
12 October 2017

Loved and loathed? How the pie floater became a South Australian gastronomic icon ‘The pie floater is as South Australian as frog cakes, Haigh's and Coopers. Once the staple of the …

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The Social Food Project
6 October 2017

"The Social Food Project aims to create a more connected food system through interactive food events that have a focus on sustainability, education and story-telling." Came across this site via the Farmer to Table …

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Diggings 30 Sept 2017
30 September 2017

I love this pic - bottom panel is South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill raising a glass in the same pub in which the then South Australian Premier Don Dunstan raised …

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Diggings Sept 21 2017
21 September 2017

A rainbow bagel with 'unicorn cheese' from the Brooklyn Bagel Boys because... 'Alarm bells we cannot ignore': world hunger rising for first time this century “If you look at the 815 million …

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Nourished: Reflections from Food and Words 2017
18 September 2017

Paul van Reyk, Sept 2017 It's a delicious early Spring indulgence, a day's worth of thinking about food from the perspectives of a broad spectrum of writers on food - journalists, …

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Diggings Sept 9 2017
17 September 2017

  Given the lead digging in this edition, how could I resist posting this image of Hillevi Rombin, Miss Universe 1955, promoting National Kraut and Frankfurter Week in Chicago. Berlin 24/7 What’s …

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