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Not ‘cookery fiction’. An appreciation of Charmaine Solomon’s body of work on South Asian cuisines
7 August 2025

July 2015 For years I’ve been giving recipes to friends… “Why don’t you put them in a book, they say. Well at last, it seems I have done so. It makes …

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Want beetroot with that? Looking for the meeting of beetroot and hamburger
26 July 2025

July 2025 In an idle moment the other day that hoary old question ‘when did beetroot first get onto the hamburger’ came to mind. Looking for the answer I dived into …

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The Great Australian Cookbook
21 July 2025

Edited by Helen Greenwood and Melissa Leong. Published by Geoff Blackwell 2025 A kangaroo is turning a sausage over a barbecue on which there also is a small fish, a prawn, and a …

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Sausages, Salads and Sauces: An alternative story of garlic at the Australian table prior to 1947
17 July 2025

July 2025 There is a commonly held view that garlic only became part of the multiculinary Australian table post-World War 2 when migrants and refugees from war affected countries in Europe …

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The Multiculinary Australian Table
10 July 2025

July 2025 I’ve written before on aspects of the making of the  Multiculinary Australian Table. But they have all been based on reviewing the story of a particular cuisine  -  Sri …

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‘The native ingredient is the catalyst’. A review of some non-Indigenous bush tucker cookery books
10 July 2025

July 2025 ‘Bursting out from under the rainforest canopy or rising up from the desert floor wild foods deserve to be tasted, tried and understood.’ This is a brief look at how …

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By the spoonful. Some uses of Condensed Milk
4 July 2025

July 2025 As a kid in Sri Lanka quaffing condensed milk was a daily practice. The can had two holes in it – triangular from the tool that made them. I …

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Nasi Goreng, Telor Besengflek, and  Chilli Crab.  Australian / Asian Culinary Engagements to 1976
3 July 2025

July 2025 I recently had occasion to re-visit Charmaine Solomon’s The Complete Asian Cookbook published in 1976. ‘My aim  in writing this book’, Solomons said in her Foreword, ‘ has been …

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Viva Vegemite
27 June 2025

June 2025 Vegemite was created by Dr. Cyril P Collister in 1923 for the Fred Walker Company, a food producer and export company. Collister was tasked with developing a spread ‘from …

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Australia’s Agricultural Identity. An Aboriginal Yarn. A review.
18 June 2025

July 2025 One of the themes that ran through my book True To The Land A history of food in Australia was foodways of Indigenous Australians. I thought I had all …

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‘Have a look at this’. Les Hiddins, the Bush Tucker Man
16 June 2025

June 2025 In July 1988 the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (the ABC) screened something quite new in Australian television. Starting with a montage of a man in a khaki shirt, blue  green …

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More than just a curry house. A brief look at 20 Indian restaurants in Sydney as examples of the changing face of Indian food in Australia.
9 June 2025

June 2025 I remember a time when there were only half a dozen Indian restaurants in Sydney all with the same menu – Fish Curry, Beef Curry, Eggplant Curry, and Dhal …

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Curry, hoppers and wattalappam. My favourite childhood dishes.
8 June 2025

 June 2025 My earliest food memory is of eating rice and dhal hand fed by our cook. She expertly mixed rice and dhal into small off-shape balls that were popped into …

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