Cookbooks : writing, reading and publishing culinary literature in Australasia : introduction

Editorial introduction to TEXT special issue. This collection establishes cookbooks as a rich resource for Australasian culinary heritage and culture, and taps into the rich interest in writing, as well as reading, cookbooks. Each author in this collection has written to their own area of expertise and we have designed the collection so that each paper stands alone as a case study that demonstrates the potential of cookbooks for an understanding of an aspect of the culture of the past or contemporary moment.