A day’s picnic on Clark Island, Sydney Harbour (detail), Montagu Scott, 1870. State Library of New South Wales: ML3
With Movember nearly over for another year here’s a post in honour of the flavour saver, in praise of moustache cups, and some unexpected inspiration from Eat your history: a shared table exhibition for owners of fledgling facial hair wondering where they go to from here. Gentlemen, step away from the razor! Continue reading
Fondest food memories - macaroni and cheese.
As part of the Eat your History exhibition we’ve been inviting visitors to share their own own treasured food memories and recipes. Particularly popular has been that pasta favourite – macaroni and cheese! Continue reading
You’re invited to our beautiful new exhibition Eat your history: a shared table which has opened at the Museum of Sydney! Continue reading
The Governor's table, ready to begin the celebrations. Photo © Sydney Living Museums
Looking for all the world like the annual dinner of the ‘Byron Appreciation Society’, this week we filmed new video content for the upcoming Eat Your History exhibition. Here’s a behind the scenes peek. Continue reading
[Philip Gidley and Anna Josepha King, and their children Elizabeth, Anna Maria and Phillip Parker], Robert Dighton, 1799. Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW: ML 1244
Today’s post is brought to you by our guest blogger, HHT Historian, Jane Kelso whose exhaustive research on first Government House includes a fascination with the various Governors’ dining practices – and their guests! Continue reading
Naval officers and a bowl of punch (detail), Thomas Rowlandson. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Bring out the punchbowl and party like it’s 1799 with these recipes! Continue reading
Chinese Export ‘Hong’ punch bowl, made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China, c 1780-85. Caroline Simpson Collection, Historic Houses Trust
Every object carries a story of its history and what it represents. Some objects however actually show you their story; punchbowls are a great example. Continue reading
Album of Chinese paintings showing stages of tea production (detail), watercolour on pith paper, 19th century. Caroline Simpson Collection, Historic Houses Trust: L2007/174-2
Kung Hei Fat Choy from all at the Cook and the Curator! Today marks the start of the 2013 Chinese lunar year – ‘the Year of the Snake’. Continue reading
Governor's House at Sydney, Port Jackson 1791 by William Bradley. State Library of NSW Safe 1/14
Most First Fleet or early settlement histories concentrate on rations and the eventual lack thereof when talking about food in the early years of the colony. But as a gastronomer, and for the purposes of this blog, I am curious about what the colonists did with their rations? In other words, what did they actually eat? Continue reading
The Museum of Sydney and Edge of the Trees by Janet Laurence. Photo © Brett Boardman
February’s focus is Museum of Sydney – MoS to locals – and the site it occupies, which was where the colony’s first Government House was located. Continue reading