Two Corellas feasting on bunya cones at Elizabeth Farm. Photo Scott Hill © Sydney Living Museums
As this year’s Bunya season draws to a close it’s time to look at this extraordinary bush food, and its role both in Indigenous societies and in 19th century landscapes – just be careful not to stand too close! Continue reading
Prickly pear fruit (needles removed). Photo Jacqui Newling © Sydney Living Museums
The Curator’s recent story, Of palings, palisades and prickly pears, times perfectly with prickly pear fruiting season. Continue reading
Detail of a silver plate oval cruet set by Crispin Fuller, 1800. Photo © Nicholas Watt for Sydney Living Museums
Now that you’re assembling your summer salads you’ll of course be looking for decorative bottles in which to keep your vinegars. Pass the cruet! Continue reading
Salmagundy salad. Photo © Sydney Living Museums
Salmagundy, salmagundi, salamongundy, solomon-gundy, there are as many name variations as there are versions of the same theme. Salmagundy is a fine example of what we might now regard as a ‘deconstructed’ or more traditionally, a ‘composed’ salad, Continue reading