Detail of a coffee cup in the Vaucluse House collection. Sydney Living Museums V96/11-1:30. Photo Scott Hill © Sydney Living Museums
A few weeks ago I was interviewed on coffee in the early colony for Channel Ten’s Lets do coffee program. We talked about how much was drunk, where it was produced, and just what was a proper coffee cup. Continue reading
Bread fresh from the oven. Photo © Jacqui Newling
With our current focus on bread baking, it seemed fitting to include a recipe to make bread in our modern kitchens that uses a traditional technique – and this is the best one I’ve found yet. Continue reading
Photo © James Horan for Sydney Living Museums
One of my greatest challenges in presenting our culinary past to museums audiences is working out what form foods took – what they looked like, their colour, shape and texture – when we only have written accounts to go by, and many of those offering only scanty detail. Continue reading
‘Baking oven and kneading trough’ (detail) from Charles Tomlinson, Illustrations of useful arts, manufactures, and trades, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, [1858]. Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, Sydney Living Museums RB 331.76 TOM
Now that your dough has had a chance to rise it’s time to heat the oven and get baking! Continue reading