Food and Drink of Sydney - A History

This fascinating food biography of one of the world's great cities, Sydney, takes the reader from its prehistory through its unpromising foundation as a convict settlement confronted by starvation, to its status today as an international culinary destination.

List of contents

Chapter 1Crystal Waters, Sandstone and a Deep Blue Sky
Chapter 2From Convict Camp to Cosmopolitan City
Chapter 3A Cultural and Culinary Tapestry
Chapter 4Markets: Butcher, Baker and the Rabbit-O Man
Chapter 5Sydney Eats Out
Chapter 6'Six o'clock Swill'-Drink and the City
Chapter 7Historic Cookbooks, Dishes and Recipes

About the author

Heather Hunwick has had a long professional career in Sydney in food service and nutrition consulting in health and education in both the public and private sectors. Her interests in food in all its dimensions have included teaching, researching and writing. More recently she has focussed on foods and their historical impact on urban settings. Previous publications include Nutrition in Food Service, and Doughnut: a Global History.

Summary

This fascinating food biography of one of the world’s great cities, Sydney, takes the reader from its prehistory through its unpromising foundation as a convict settlement confronted by starvation, to its status today as an international culinary destination.

Product details

• Authors: Heather Hunwick, Heather Delancey Hunwick, Hunwick Heather
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.03.2018
• EAN: 9781442252035
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5203-5
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Big City Food Biographies; Big City Food Biographies
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; COOKING / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Cookery / food & drink etc, Social and cultural anthropology, Australasian & Pacific history, Australasia, Australasian and Pacific history, Cookery / food and drink / food writing, Australia and New Zealand / Aotearoa