Eat your history: A shared table

Abstract

The French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin famously wrote that the destiny of a nation depends on the food they eat. Does this mean modern Australia is the result of an early colonial predilection for British food? Or of dishes like Slippery Bob, a delicacy of kangaroo brains fried in emu fat? The Museum of Sydney's Eat your History: A Shared Table attempts to answer some of these questions