2020s

Created
Sat, 30/08/2025 - 13:06

This food timeline started as a way to explore the revolution in Australian food that has occurred during the baby-boomers’ lifetime, but has since expanded to include more about the previous decades (and century) as well. Also included are overseas events and trends that had an impact here. The entries are brief, but there are lots of links if you want more information.

Steps to optimise Australia's food system

Created
Thu, 05/05/2022 - 11:07

This food timeline started as a way to explore the revolution in Australian food that has occurred during the baby-boomers’ lifetime, but has since expanded to include more about the previous decades (and century) as well. Also included are overseas events and trends that had an impact here. The entries are brief, but there are lots of links if you want more information.

Probiotics for gut health

Created
Mon, 01/04/2024 - 13:35

This food timeline started as a way to explore the revolution in Australian food that has occurred during the baby-boomers’ lifetime, but has since expanded to include more about the previous decades (and century) as well. Also included are overseas events and trends that had an impact here. The entries are brief, but there are lots of links if you want more information.

Dubai chocolate

We had the cupcake craze and the macaron craze. Then, in 2024, came the Dubai chocolate craze. It began, of course, in Dubai. In 2021, a British Egyptian woman, Sarah Hamouda, had pregnancy cravings. Dissatisfied with the available confectionery options, she decided to create her own and, with her husband Yezen Alani, founded a business […]

Created
Sat, 08/03/2025 - 11:20

This food timeline started as a way to explore the revolution in Australian food that has occurred during the baby-boomers’ lifetime, but has since expanded to include more about the previous decades (and century) as well. Also included are overseas events and trends that had an impact here. The entries are brief, but there are lots of links if you want more information.

Matcha latte

Once upon a time, the choice of drinks in your average café was limited to coffee, coffee with milk or tea (most likely made with a tea bag). Then came the latte, the abbreviated name for caffè latte (always a trap for young players who visit Italy, order a latte and are presented with a […]

Created
Sat, 15/03/2025 - 10:54

This food timeline started as a way to explore the revolution in Australian food that has occurred during the baby-boomers’ lifetime, but has since expanded to include more about the previous decades (and century) as well. Also included are overseas events and trends that had an impact here. The entries are brief, but there are lots of links if you want more information.

Egg shortages in supermarkets

It seems periodic egg shortages are something we may have to get used to. The main culprit is avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu. Ironically, the increasing preference for free-range eggs in the name of animal welfare makes hens more susceptible to the pathogens carried by migratory birds and therefore more likely to contract […]

Created
Thu, 10/08/2023 - 15:37

This food timeline started as a way to explore the revolution in Australian food that has occurred during the baby-boomers’ lifetime, but has since expanded to include more about the previous decades (and century) as well. Also included are overseas events and trends that had an impact here. The entries are brief, but there are lots of links if you want more information.

Beef Wellington

Created
Sat, 26/10/2024 - 14:39

This food timeline started as a way to explore the revolution in Australian food that has occurred during the baby-boomers’ lifetime, but has since expanded to include more about the previous decades (and century) as well. Also included are overseas events and trends that had an impact here. The entries are brief, but there are lots of links if you want more information.

Yogo Dirt Dessert

Created
Thu, 15/08/2024 - 11:31

This food timeline started as a way to explore the revolution in Australian food that has occurred during the baby-boomers’ lifetime, but has since expanded to include more about the previous decades (and century) as well. Also included are overseas events and trends that had an impact here. The entries are brief, but there are lots of links if you want more information.

Emergency food drive - staples requested by Foodbank

Created
Sat, 20/07/2024 - 16:07

This food timeline started as a way to explore the revolution in Australian food that has occurred during the baby-boomers’ lifetime, but has since expanded to include more about the previous decades (and century) as well. Also included are overseas events and trends that had an impact here. The entries are brief, but there are lots of links if you want more information.

1000th post - the beginnings of Australian Food Timeline

Created
Tue, 14/04/2020 - 14:46

This food timeline started as a way to explore the revolution in Australian food that has occurred during the baby-boomers’ lifetime, but has since expanded to include more about the previous decades (and century) as well. Also included are overseas events and trends that had an impact here. The entries are brief, but there are lots of links if you want more information.

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