The Cook and the Curator is turning five! Continue reading
5 years of curries and roasts, punch, puddings, pineapples and jellies!
Monthly archives: November 2017
Chin-chin! its cocktail time.
Cocktail cabinet, veneer with cubistic marquetry design by P E Kafka, c1947 (Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences collection) on display in The Moderns. exhibition, Museum of Sydney, 2017. Photo © Nicholas Watt for Sydney Living Museums
This weekend is your last chance to see The Moderns exhibition at Museums of Sydney. We thought we’d celebrate its last huzzah! with a cocktail or two, inspired by the stunning Paul Kafka inlaid cabinet in the image above.
Marking time
Fort Street Public School - [cookery class], 1 Jan 1910, State Archives NSW, Digital ID: 15051_a047_005338
As the end of the school year draws near and students’ heads are down for impending exams it seems appropriate to revisit Dolly Youngein’s school cookery achievements at Fort Street Public School in 1912. Continue reading
More than just cutlery
Rose Seidler's cutlery service housed in custom built drawers in the kitchen at the Harry and Penelope Seidler House, Killara , 2014. Photo © James Horan for Sydney Living Museums
‘Well that’s the one thing that Viennese of course take great pride in, is knives, forks, cutlery’… [1] Harry Seidler, 2003
Joanna Nicholas, curator
Joanna Nicholas, curator, Sydney Living Museums. Photo © Stuart Miller for Sydney Living Museums
Joanna Nicholas is Curator in the House Museums Portfolio, responsible for Vaucluse, Elizabeth Bay and Rose Seidler Houses. She is passionate about the immersive experiences house museums can provide for visitors – the power of their collections, gardens and grounds. Continue reading
Plan now for the all new, all electric kitchen!
Detail of advertisement from 'Woman' magazine, February 5th 1945. Meroogal collection_Sydney Living Museums
I’ve been spending time at Meroogal lately as we wrestle with the collection stocktake. This magazine cutting certainly caught our attention! Continue reading