One Continuous Picnic by Michael Symons - ISBN: 9780522853230
Paperback
Presenting the history of Australia gastronomically, this work challenges myths such as that Australia is ‘too young’ for a national cuisine, and that immigration caused the restaurant boom. It shows us that Australia is unique because its citizens have not developed a true contact with the land, ha…

One Continuous Picnic

A Gastronomic History of Australia

$47.08

  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    1 March 2007

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Summary

A frequently acclaimed Australian classic on the history of eating in Australia. It now contains a major new section on developments over the past quarter-century.2007 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first publication of One Continuous Picnic, a frequently acclaimed Australian classic on the history of eating in Australia. The text remains gratifyingly accurate and prescient, and has helped to shape subsequent developments in food in Australia.Until recently, historians have tended …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522853230
ISBN-10:0522853234
Author:Michael Symons
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Edition:1st
Release Date:1 March 2007
Weight:500g
Dimensions:233mm x 159mm x 31mm
About The Author

Michael Symons

Michael Symons was born in Adelaide in 1945, and was educated there and in Hobart before completing a science degree at Sydney University. He has been a journalist on the Sydney Morning Herald, worked for the ABC and was a partner in an Adelaide restaurant for 15 years. He has a PhD in the sociology of cuisine from Flinders University. His other books include A Shared Table and The Pudding that Took a Thousand Cooks.

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