| One Continuous Picnic: A Gastronomic History of Australian Eating Contributor(s): Symons, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0522853234 ISBN-13: 9780522853230 Publisher: Melbourne University OUR PRICE: $26.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2007 Annotation: Australians first confronted the oddities of their national cuisine when this gastronomic classic appeared 25 years ago. Because Australia never had a peasant farming class with local cooking customs, the book explains, camp food became the mainstay of the Aussie dining tradition. Portable weekly rations of mutton, flour, and tea had turned the early settlers into a mobile army, and their suburbanite descendants still survive on tins of jam, condensed milk, camp pie, and beer. A cry for action, the book successfully launched a new Australian taste for fresh produce, farm markets, and international flavors more than two decades-- one that still exists today. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Cooking | History - Cooking | Regional & Ethnic - Australian & Oceanian - History | Australia & New Zealand - General |
| Dewey: 641.300 |
| LCCN: 2007386861 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.31" W x 9.17" (1.11 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 the land, have not had a peasant society. |