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One Continuous Picnic

: Presenting the history of Australia gastronomically, this work challenges myths such as that Australia is 'too young' for a national cuisine, and that immigration caused the restaurant boom. It shows us that Australia is unique because its citizens have not developed a true contact with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Michael, Symons
Otros Autores: Bilson, Gay
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Melbourne : Melbourne University Publishing, 2016.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface to the new edition; Preface to the first edition; Introduction: The uncultivated continent; Part I: History Without Peasants; 1 The English heritage; The taste for home; 2 Meat three times a day; Eating and drinking in 1839; 3 The Aristologist; The next cookery books; Part II: Feeding the City; How we entertained a prince; 4 Metropolitan paradise; The city markets; 5 The Chinese exception; The tea and scones of Quong Tart; 6 The tyranny of transport; Granny Smith; 7 The first food factories; Mr MacRobertson; 8 Bohemian restaurants
  • Let's go to Fasoli's9 Family goodness; Vegemite; 10 Dainty cooks and sudden drinkers; The pavlova; Part III: Fresh from the Freezer; Sliced white; 11 The first munition; Coca-colonisation; 12 Car park shopping; Golden Circle pineapple; 13 The industrial kitchen; Frozen food; Part IV: The Coming of the Quiche; The great wine dinner; 14 Oh, for a French wife!; Chefs to the court of Whitlam; 15 Hard tomatoes for hard times; A fresh start; 16 The art of eating in Australia; Part V: The Widening Gap; Return of the Jersey cows; 17 Free the market!; Notes on sources; Select bibliography; Index