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Me-and-myCover-only(blurb)webThe book based on this timeline  can be ordered through your bookstore or from 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.

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Recent timeline updates

  • What’s new?
    Read new timeline entries: 1953: Scallop pies in Tassie; 1893: Cafe Denat opens in Melbourne; 1980: Chicken Parmigiana on the menu;1904: Peck's Paste arrives in Australia;1983: First tapas in Australia?; 1856: Melbourne's first Spanish restaurant
  • 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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