One Continuous Picnic: A Gastronomic History of AustraliaAustralians first confronted the oddities of their national cuisine when this gastronomic classic appeared 25 years ago.ĉBecauseĉAustralia never had a peasant farming classĉwith local cooking customs, the book explains, camp foodĉbecame the mainstay of theĉAussieĉdining tradition. Portable weekly rations of mutton, flour, and teaĉhad turned the early settlers into a mobile army, and their suburbanite descendants still survive on tins of jam, condensed milk, camp pie, and beer.ĉA cry for action, the book successfully launched a newĉAustralianĉtaste forĉfresh produce, farm markets, and international flavors more than two decades one that still exists today. |
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Contents
The uncultivated continent | 1 |
HISTORY WITHOUT PEASANTS ll | 11 |
2 Meat three times a day | 28 |
The Aristologist | 46 |
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| Title | One Continuous Picnic: A Gastronomic History of Australia |
| Author | Michael Symons |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Melbourne Univ. Publishing, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0522853234, 9780522853230 |
| Length | 366 pages |
| Subjects | › › Cooking / History Cooking / Regional & Ethnic / Pacific Rim History / Australia & New Zealand |
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