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. 

  • Reasons
  • Technique

Marmalade Mistakes and Remedies

Identify your mistakes and learn how to remedy them.  Rejig your marmalading skills and produce the perfect pot every time.

  • Creative Food Fiction

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...

  • Creative Food Fiction

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...

  • Food Culture

A Potted History of Culinary Conspiracy

The development of marmalade from its early predecessors of the Ancient World to the bittersweet English breakfast spread...

  • Creative Food Fiction

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 ...

  • Creative Food Fiction

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 ...