WE ARE WHAT WE EAT Colonial cuisine
For as long as humans have walked the Earth, our complex dining cultures and rituals have provided glimpses into our living environments, social status, wealth and the traditions that inform our tastes. The cuisine of colonial New South Wales reflects a culture straddling an old and a new identity; but, above all, it reflects artful resourcefulness in a time where food variety and accessibility were unimaginably limited.
Jacqui Newling, resident colonial gastronomer at Sydney Living Museums, delights in guiding visitors through hands-on workshops about colonial cuisine in New South Wales. She shares with Traces the quirks of the colonial kitchen, and the sociocultural context they reveal.
