Anzac Day, April 25, will be very different for many of us this year, as we won’t be following commemorative marches or gatherings to mark the event due to public health concerns. But we can still take pause to reflect on the ways we support front line workers – whether Anzac ‘digggers’ or today’s health and community service providers – and continue the Anzac biscuit tradition, which is a legacy of community fundraising initiatives to help active and returned service men and women 100 years ago.
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The best cooking apparatus in the whole world!
The sweltering days we’ve had recently have put me in mind of a cook standing in front of a roaring open fire. So with that in mind, (drum-roll please) – it’s time to introduce “The most compact, clean, and best cooking apparatus in the whole world!” Continue reading
5 years of curries and roasts, punch, puddings, pineapples and jellies!
The Cook and the Curator is turning five! Continue reading
Australian tastes
Yes folks, it’s a pavlova – or at least we are told it is, in 1930s cook book such as The new Goulburn cookery book and The Presbyterian cookery book of good and tried recipes.
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‘Let them see how like England we can be’
‘Let them see how like England we can be’
Following on from last week’s post about The Australian International Exhibition 1879-1880, the event was highly lacking in local flavour (a condition that many would argue is still the case today)… Continue reading
‘Gather in to grace our feast’
In September 1879 Sydney presented itself on the world stage by hosting an ambitious International Exhibition, which ran until April 1880. The exhibition was held with typical Victorian pomp, Continue reading
Happy birthday Elizabeth Macarthur!
This Sunday marks the 250th birthday of one of Australian history’s most famous women – Elizabeth Macarthur! Continue reading
An April Fool
This April Fools Day I’m departing from tradition and not telling a whopper, but I’m still talking about fools – the dessert that is.
Edible sunshine
Spring is now well and truly underway and as the days grow longer and the buzz of native bees fills the air at Vaucluse House. Leila Wallace puts a special – edible – twist on our special springtime celebrations Continue reading
Farewell Dr Rowland, a rural village tribute
Much fun and fascination was had in the historic hamlet of Carcoar, New South Wales on the weekend, when local volunteers from the Carcoar Hospital Museum captured a moment in time in the town’s history, presenting an evening of entertainment based on an actual event held in the town’s Victoria hotel in 1867. Continue reading