https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook Eat Your History Mon, 02 Dec 2019 23:21:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/salad-days/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/salad-days/#respond Wed, 14 Jan 2015 22:00:14 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=11085 As the new year kicks in and the temperature rises, January is salad time for most Australians, as a meal in itself or along side anything that can be barbequed!  The refreshingly crisp iceberg lettuce that I grew up with is enjoying a bit of a come-back at the moment, and we are spoilt for […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/salad-days/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/tricks-of-the-trade/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/tricks-of-the-trade/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2014 22:00:47 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=10507 From conserving a 19th century interior to chasing runaway cattle and blowing eggs for display, the life of a house museum curator is an unpredictable one! We often recreate breakfast scenes in our houses and education programs, evoking a time when the first meal of the day certainly wasn’t grabbed at a takeaway or drive-through. […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/tricks-of-the-trade/feed/ 1 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/curious-and-curiouser/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/curious-and-curiouser/#respond Wed, 28 May 2014 23:00:31 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=8630 For visitors to our Eat Your History: A Shared Table exhibition the first port of call was the Curio Wall – with object as diverse as punch sieves, raised pie molds and a 1950s donut maker. In the gallery below are all the objects that were on display – can you guess what each is, […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/curious-and-curiouser/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/sneaky-secrets/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/sneaky-secrets/#respond Wed, 05 Mar 2014 22:00:24 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=7830 Join us on Sunday March 9 for our final behind the scenes floor talk at Eat your history: a shared table at Museum of Sydney at 2pm. The Cook and the Curator will take you through the exhibition and reveal some of the quirkier elements of the displays. Spoiling the broth? We don’t want to […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/sneaky-secrets/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/a-final-invitation/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/a-final-invitation/#respond Wed, 26 Feb 2014 22:00:23 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=7823 Time is running out for you to see the Eat Your History: A Shared Table at Museum of Sydney – closing March 9th! We’ve had such a positive response from locals and overseas visitors, many who have shared their food memories and favourite recipes with us in return – from ‘my dad’s baskety’ (spaghetti) to […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/a-final-invitation/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/the-feast-continues/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/the-feast-continues/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:00:23 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=7355 Treat yourself to talks, tours, tastes and hands-on workshops Now that we’ve all recovered from a month of festive feasting, February has something to offer every foodie. Kung hei fat choy! Chinese New Year kicks us off with a very special hands-on events at the Museum of Sydney. We’re inviting you all to help plant […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/the-feast-continues/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/flavour-savers/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/flavour-savers/#comments Wed, 27 Nov 2013 22:00:12 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=6885 With Movember nearly over for another year here’s a post in honour of the flavour saver, in praise of moustache cups, and some unexpected inspiration from Eat your history: a shared table exhibition for owners of fledgling facial hair wondering where they go to from here. Gentlemen, step away from the razor! You may already […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/flavour-savers/feed/ 2 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/mmmmmacaroni/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/mmmmmacaroni/#comments Wed, 20 Nov 2013 22:00:30 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=6693 As part of the Eat your History exhibition we’ve been inviting visitors to share their own own treasured food memories and recipes. Particularly popular has been that pasta favourite – macaroni and cheese! “I wish there were some macaroni cheese” We particularly like one card where a visitor has painstakingly drawn a bowl of their […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/mmmmmacaroni/feed/ 1 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/a-spring-in-our-step/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/a-spring-in-our-step/#comments Thu, 05 Sep 2013 23:00:46 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=5975 There’s much to celebrate this month, from the launch of Sydney Living Museums: Food, through to ongoing preparations for our exhibition – PLUS we’ve been shortlisted for another award! It’s a banquet of events that celebrates Sydney’s food history – and you’re invited! This week at Sydney Living Museums we launched SLM: Food, a 6-month […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/a-spring-in-our-step/feed/ 1 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/a-behind-the-scenes-peek/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/a-behind-the-scenes-peek/#comments Wed, 28 Aug 2013 23:00:54 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=5681 Looking for all the world like the annual dinner of the ‘Byron Appreciation Society’, this week we filmed new video content for the upcoming Eat Your History exhibition. Here’s a behind the scenes peek. If you’ve been to the Hyde Park Barracks lately you would remember video footage projected onto a table of convicts eating […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/a-behind-the-scenes-peek/feed/ 1