Colonial Kitchen - Australia 1788-1901

The Colonial Kitchen: Australia 1788-1901 explores the food and cookery of colonial Australians, challenging the prevailing stereotypes of them as dreadful cooks and uncouth eaters through a nuanced exploration of their kitchens, gardens and dining rooms, and the social and cultural systems that shaped their culinary practices.

List of contents

Introduction
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1.The Land and Its People: Time and Place
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2. Food Production: The Indigenous Kitchen
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3. The Kitchen: Transplanting the British Kitchen
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4. The Cook and The Help.
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5. Colonial Manners at Table
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6. The Meal
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7. Colonial cookery books
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About the author

Charmaine O'Brien is a writer, culinary historian and educator and the author of several books on Indian food history and culture including The Penguin Food Guide to India, the first comprehensive work on Indian regional food. Her other works include Flavours of Melbourne: a culinary biography (Wakefield Press 2008), Recipes from an Urban Village: A cookbook from Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti (The Hope Project Charitable Trust, 2003), and Flavours of Delhi: A Food Lovers Guide (Penguin Books, India, 2003).

Summary

The Colonial Kitchen: Australia 1788-1901 explores the food and cookery of colonial Australians, challenging the prevailing stereotypes of them as dreadful cooks and uncouth eaters through a nuanced exploration of their kitchens, gardens and dining rooms, and the social and cultural systems that shaped their culinary practices.

Product details

• Authors: &apos, Charmaine Brien, O&apos, Charmaine O'Brien, Charmaine O''brien, O'Brien Charmaine
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.09.2016
• EAN: 9781442249813
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4981-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Historic Kitchens; Historic Kitchens
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > Theme cookery books; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Australia, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Food & society, Social and cultural history, Australasian & Pacific history, Australasian and Pacific history, Cultural studies: food and society, C 1700 To C 1800