In the first weeks of the outbreak of COVID 19 in Australia in 2020, State governments across the country instituted mandatory conditions on the movements of people in different settings. …
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Picnic at Hanging Rock. The comestibles and drinks.
22 June 2026
It’s undoubtedly the most famous of all picnics in Australia albeit a fictional one. It’s in Joan Lindsay’s 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock. On Valentine’s Day 1900 some schoolgirls …
Sparking a love. A review of some retailers in the bush food/native food industry in Australia.
19 June 2026
Having put in my order for a native foods Christmas Pudding my mind turned to wondering what the bush food/native food retail sector - businesses that sell bush food/native food …
Food Slut Manifesto
12 June 2026
Food increasingly became alienated from the body over the latter half of 20th century. Its material, its preparation, its distribution and its consumption became hostage to the banal aesthetics of …
From Mindful Eating to Saving the Planet. A summary of the current Australian foodscape.
12 June 2026
This article describes some cuisines and contemporary issues at the multiculinary Australian table. Read more.
Modern Slavery. PALM workers in the agricultural, horticultural, and meat processing sectors.
12 June 2026
I am a food writer often in a social justice frame. I have been aware for some time of the conditions of seasonal workers in the agricultural sector but had …
When I first heard the term ‘vertical farming’ I had a vision of boxes of plants attached perpendicularly to an outside wall of buildings. I had it wrong of course. …
AI has been part of the grocery system for some time. Think advanced self-service checkouts and hand-held scanners. What’s coming to a supermarket near you over the next twelve months …
Veganising the Australian table. The increased demand for Plant Based Meat Alternatives (PMBA)
30 April 2026
It’s estimated that 2.5 million people in Australia, 6% of the adult population, identify themselves as vegan. This is expected to be more than 11% by 2032. The reasons people …
Looking for Licorice All Sorts. A confectionery quest
23 April 2026
It began as I ate the last of my Licorice All Sorts, those cubes about as big as the top joint of my small finger made from layers of thin …
By 4.30 p. m. a ragged line has formed the length of the dining room. This is a large hall with furniture set up cafeteria style, one side open to …
In this article I look at aspects of the billy, making billy tea, roles billy tea has played and other aspects. I have limited my search to 1851 – 1951; …
No longer overlooked. South Asian women and their contribution to South Asian cuisine at the Australian table.
13 April 2026
When speaking or writing about South Asian cuisines in Australia, women’s contributions are rarely mentioned other than Charmaine Solomon and her Complete Asian Cookbook of which more later. This article …
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