As the title suggests, this book is an investigation and an indictment of industrial farming. Lymbery starts by explaining what Rachel Carson wrote about in Silent Spring in 1962. The deterioration of the environment, the mistreatment of animals, and the proliferation of chemicals have not stopped since then. Remember mad cow disease and the horsemeat […]
Traditional Christmas pudding in our summer heat is a big ask, even if you buy it with a carton of ready-made custard. Over the years I have tweaked recipes and have just reinvented Christmas pudding. It is not labour-intensive, and if you play your cards right there will be some left in the freezer […]
Recently (October 2016) I attended a talk, The Politics of Bush Food Now, at the National Art School in Darlinghurst. The speakers were: Bruce Pascoe – he won the NSW Premier’s Award for Dark Emu and thoroughly deserved it. Jody Orcher – she is an Aboriginal woman and the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney’s Aboriginal Education […]