A Look at Yesteryear; Early Australian Cooking McKenzie, Valerie & Allen, Joyce
COOK107 Centennial Publications Sydney, NSW 1980 First Published 4to - 26.4cm x 18.5cm Soft Cover Very Good 136pp. Dedicated to the great-grandmothers, grandmothers and mothers of early Australia, McKenzie and Allen venture all around early Australia to look at the way the women of yesteryear, created the Australian food traditions with whatever food was available to them, with adaptations in deference to the climate, using their inspirations, their most precious possession, the family cookbook. Each recipe is accompanied by an historical anecdote and starts in 1788 with the birthplace of Australia, in the heart of Sydney, known as "The Rocks", where the cottage pie originated and ends with pavlova, a special desert made in honour of Anna Pavlova who visited Australia in the 30's. B&W and colour photographs and illustrations throughout. Slightly worn around edges and along spine. Some creasing on back cover. ISBN: 0959498206 $30.00AUD Click here to order or message the dealer
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