One Continuous Picnic: A Gastronomic History of Australian Eating

by Michael Symons

Book Overview

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 to overlook eating, and yet, through meat pies and lamingtons, Symons tells the history of Australia gastronomically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0522853234
• ISBN13: 9780522853230
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Melbourne University
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"