O’Brien, C 2008, Flavours of Melbourne: a culinary biography, Wakefield Press, South Australia.
In her culinary biography book of Melbourne Charmaine O'Brien, a passionate food writer, explores how diverse significant events in the city’s history have influenced the changing eating habits of Melburnians. The author leads the reader through different gastronomic epochs of Melbourne’s past, beginning with a natural diet of indigenous people before white settlement - passing through Gold rush, the Great Depression, two World Wars, Melbourne Olympic games, the changing immigration policy - and finishing with a modern culinary assortment. Each chapter contains relevant recipes of a particular time period. The book includes recommendations on some close to city restaurants and cafes with reviews on their historical connections or as examples of good quality food. V.O.
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