The oldest foods on earth : a history of Australian native foods with recipes / John Newton.

'This is a book about Australian food, the unique flora and fauna that nourished the Aboriginal peoples of this land for over 50 000 years. It is because European Australians have hardly ever touched these foods for over 200 years that I am writing this book.' We celebrate cultural and culinary diversity, yet shun the foods that grew here before white settlers arrived. We love superfoods from remote, exotic locations, yet reject those that grow in our own land. In this, the most important of his books, John Newton boils down these paradoxes by arguing that if we are what you eat, we need to eat different foods, foods that will attune us to the this land.

Author Notes

John Newton is a freelance writer, journalist and novelist. His most recent books are Grazing: The ramblings and recipes of a man who gets paid to eat and A Savage History: Whaling in the Pacific and Southern Oceans . In 2005 he won the Gold Ladle for Best Food Journalist in the World Food Media Awards.

Phillip SearleMaggie BeerTony BilsonAndrew FielkeMatt StoneSimon BryantJean-Paul BruneteauJacqui NewlingKylie KwongClayton DonovanRaymond KershAndrew FielkeMark OliveTony BilsonPeter GilmoreChris JackmanMatt Stone

Introduction	p. viii
Kangaroo with pickled beetroot	p. xvii
1 Before the Boats	p. 1
Kangaroo carpaccio with persimmon, lime, mountain pepper and extra virgin olive oil	p. 25
Kangaroo merguez with oysters	p. 27
2 Home-Grown Marvels	p. 29
Oyster and leek tartlet with finger lime 'caviar' beurre blanc	p. 40
Kangaroo loin with Australian native fruits, herbs and spices	p. 42
3 A Disastrous Change of Diet	p. 46
Laklak Burarrwanga and family, How to kill and cook a turtle Yolnu style	p. 58
4 They Brought Their Own	p. 60
Warrigal greens and desert lime pesto with wholemeal pasta	p. 76
5 From Bandicoot Curry to Vegemite
Rolled wattleseed pavlova	p. 96
Kangaroo steamer	p. 99
6 Green Shoots	p. 102
Beau Clugston and the Noma kitchen, Sea urchin with macadamia nuts and pandanus palm	p. 112
Stir-fried native greens	p. 114
7 The Producers	p. 116
Kangaroo loin, part-smoked in lemon myrtle	p. 152
Finger lime, wild lime, lemon and quandong tart	p. 154
8 Wild Animals and Game Birds	p. 158
Braised wallaby shanks with olives and bush tomato	p. 170
Macadamia and mustard wallaby stack	p. 172
9 Cultural Conundrums	p. 174
Jelly of botany greens with sea urchin roe and native limes	p. 184
10 The Chefs: Pioneers and Converts	p. 187
Charcoal-grilled marron, native coastal greens and lemon aspen	p. 217
Cold scallop ravioli with braised lettuce	p. 220
11 Walking Together, Eating Together	p. 222
Crispy crickets, mill worms, Aussie 7 spice	p. 229
Appendix: A list of Australian edible plants, animals and grains	p. 231
Useful contacts	p. 253
Bibliography	p. 255
Acknowledgments	p. 259
Index	p. 261

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