https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook Eat Your History Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:10:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/1950s-spinning-sugar-cake/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/1950s-spinning-sugar-cake/#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2013 23:00:39 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=5411 This recipe originates from the 1951 January issue of The Australian Home Beautiful magazine, held in Sydney Living Museums’ Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection. Eat Your History project intern Elizabeth McKinnon decided she’d road test it as part of her Museum Studies internship – and it wasn’t quite as smooth a ride as she’d […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/1950s-spinning-sugar-cake/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/a-dinner-from-nothing/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/a-dinner-from-nothing/#comments Wed, 14 Aug 2013 23:01:00 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=5431 After being inspired by her research, intern Elizabeth McKinnon tried out being a 1950s hostess for a night… Through conducting research for the Eat Your History project, searching through original Australian Home Beautiful magazines in the Caroline Simpson Library and Research Collection, an emerging theme of the ‘Housewife as Hostess’ became apparent throughout the decade. […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/a-dinner-from-nothing/feed/ 3 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/bethany-leyshon-project-volunteer/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/bethany-leyshon-project-volunteer/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=4764 I have always had a fascination with old houses and the stories they tell, so when the opportunity came up to do an internship at Sydney Living Museums’ Rouse Hill House & Farm (one of my favourite properties) – I couldn’t let it slip. I started working on a project involving the costume collection and when it was finished, […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/bethany-leyshon-project-volunteer/feed/ 1