Eat Your History

Stories and recipes from Australian kitchens

Handwritten recipes passed through the generations, tales of goats running wild in colonial gardens and early settlers' experimentation with native foods. Eat Your History dishes up stories and recipes from Australian kitchens and dining rooms from 1788 to the 1950s.

Read on for a Q&A with Jacqui Newling, Sydney Living Museum's assistant curator, colonial gastronomer, author of our Eat your history book and 'cook' from our Cook and Curator blog,