Retro recipe: Siennese “Little Horses”, 1937

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It comes from the First Australian Continental Cookery Book (FACCB), the subject of my second paper, which is, in my scholarly opinion, Australia’s first Italian cookbook. … To which she should’ve replied, how old are you?

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The Old Foodie: The Bounty of Sunflowers.

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“A very delicate oil, much used in Russian cookery, is expressed from the seeds of the sunflower and is prepared by enclosing them in bags, and steeping them in warm water, after which the oil is expressed; this is actually as sweet as butter.” …

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