We’re going on an eel hunt…
Decorative mosaic doorstep with Cooke family name and eel detail at Shanghai restaurant, Dalston, UK. Photo © Jacqui Newling
Monthly archives: July 2017
A search for Mrs Gaffney, c 1890s, Tamworth.
Mrs Gaffney's date and nut cake from Eat your history, stories and recipes from Australian kitchens. (SLM and NewSouth Publishing, 2015). Photo © James Horan for Sydney Living Museums
Regular readers may remember we’ve been on a quest to identify some of the contributors the Meroogal manuscript recipe collection. The recipes appear to date from the 1890s. We do feel we might be on the right track Continue reading
An everyday corner shop…?
Detail of crime scene photograph. NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive. Justice and Police Museum, Sydney Living Museums
So far we’ve told our culinary stories through kitchens, kitchenalia, cookbooks and manuscripts; I think this is the first time we’ve looked at a police forensic photograph! Continue reading