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In bookstores now

Me-and-myCover-only(blurb)webThe book based on this timeline is in your bookstore now or through the usual online stores. It’s a nostalgic look at our food history from mutton to MasterChef.  More details here.

Me-and-myCover-only(blurb)webAnd you can still buy my personal account of how Australian food has changed in the baby-boomers’ lifetime. It’s the story of a generation that can remember life before pizza, with a look at the ‘Mad Men’ era of Australian advertising. Buy it now.

Australian Food Timeline

Recent timeline updates

  • What’s new?
    Read new timeline entries: 1928: Maxam Cheese launched 1914:Tango suppers in Melbourne; 1980: Women's Weekly Birthday Cake Book; 1996: First wine in a can; 1857: First known counter lunch; 1938: Australia's first supermarket?1947: Australian Food Stores co-op
  • 2018 Domino’s vegan pizza
    All the pundits predicting the 2018 food trends agreed on one thing. Vegetable-based foods are HOT, they said.  It seems more Aussies are going vegan, which is no doubt why pizza chain Domino’s  announced its vegan pizza range in January. There are three different varieties, all using vegan cheese, or you can build your own(...)

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