Reasons

Food is a common thread that binds us all. It sits at the heart of our cultures and shapes family life, relationships, traditions, and rituals.

It’s meaning, our foodscapes, provenance and farming system and the conversations that flow from its daily consumption from the ordinary through to the remarkable is celebrated in this collection of articles, interview’s, and stories.

The science of the kitchen provides a practical knowledge for those who want to know how food is transformed. 

  • Creative Food Fiction

The Fashionista

So, you’re the darling now! Bursting onto the scene after years of obscurity. In Australia nobody knew who you were until...

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A Cook's Confession

It’s springtime and there’s plenty of eggs after the chooks winter moult and the passionfruit have ripened to deep purple perfection. The...

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A Dangerous Salty Life

Spawned in the wild, between the ebb and flow of endless waves, I thrive in your Antarctic southern waters. A merciless abyss that bears...

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What's For Dinner 2040

It’s another scorching summer day on the Fleurieu Peninsula,  yet I’m surrounded by a botanical oasis here at Jed Manningham’s ...

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Strong & Sweet for Me

ANZAC’s in the Trenches: Jacks homeward bound letter, 30th April 1915. Written from somewhere on the front line of the Dardanelles ...

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Stories from the Table for One

Dining alone with Madam Tattinger explores the power of reflection and imagination that can be found in the solitude of dining at a table ...