Flavours of Melbourne
A culinary biography
Charmaine O’Brien
PB 320 PP 230 x 170 2-COL ILLUS ISBN 9781862547629
$39.95 Food / History Wakefield Press
In this colourful and cleverly written culinary
history of the city of Melbourne, author Charmaine O’Brien
guides the reader through the changing eating habits of Melburnians.
Beginning with the little-known and diverse diet of Port Philip
Bay’s Indigenous inhabitants prior to white settlement,
the book charts the effects of local and global events on Melbourne’s
gastronomy. Along the way O’Brien introduces us to some
forgotten, and often quirky, restaurateurs, food writers and culinary
professionals and each chapter contains recipes relevant to what
Melburnians were eating during that time period.
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