More than just a good nosh up : women and Australian food writing

The Australian food industry has made a significant contribution to the internationalisation of national taste and the wide embrace of cosmopolitan, multicultural eating habits in Australia, but has also had wider influence and significance. This study of Australian women food writers, drawing examples from a wide range of food writing from colonial journals to current publications, seeks to begin to map the field in Australia. It indicates the range of fiction and nonfiction writing that can be classed as 'food writing' and includes a number of biographical career studies to suggest the range of career, professional and other opportunities available to contemporary food writers.