The Mint – The Cook and the Curator https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook Eat Your History Wed, 11 Mar 2020 05:10:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 A food filled weekend https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/a-food-filled-weekend/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/a-food-filled-weekend/#respond Wed, 13 Sep 2017 23:00:02 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=18504 What a feast we have in store this weekend! The Food & Words Writers’ Festival returns to the Sydney Mint on Saturday 16 September, and on Sunday Elizabeth Farm in Parramatta present our Spring Harvest Festival. Take your pick – or join us for both! Imagine, a day filled with storytelling, intriguing discussions and delectable food. […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/a-food-filled-weekend/feed/ 0 Yo ho ho and 45,000 gallons of rum! https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/yo-ho-ho-and-45000-gallons-of-rum/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/yo-ho-ho-and-45000-gallons-of-rum/#comments Wed, 11 Dec 2013 22:00:44 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=7211 For many of us, rum, or brandy perhaps, is the (bottled) spirit of Christmas! And Christmas isn’t Christmas at our place without Rum balls (recipe below). But a couple of hundred years ago in this colony, rum was universal. Our guest blogger this week is Fiona Starr, curator of Hyde Park Barracks and The Mint. […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/yo-ho-ho-and-45000-gallons-of-rum/feed/ 1 Fiona Starr https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/fiona-starr/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/fiona-starr/#respond Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:59:36 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=7220 Fiona’s love of history is hereditary – passed on by her mother and grandmother, each interested in colonial Australian history, genealogy, and world history, with a passion for visiting and learning about heritage sites around the world. Her interest took root with degrees in historical archaeology and museum studies, and studentships at the Museum of […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/fiona-starr/feed/ 0