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How Australia Invented the World’s Favourite Apple

It might be surprising to learn that the green thing in your kid’s lunchbox is one of the most successful agricultural exports in Australian history. Yep, we’re talking about the humble Granny Smith apple, also known as “Can I please have an LCM bar instead, mum?” Granny Smith apples—a unique cultivar hybrid of ordinary Malus…

5 April 2024ByJames Shackell

Food & Drink South Australia

The Origins of South Australia’s Iconic Pie Floater

South Australia is known for its many culinary delights. Balfours’ Frog Cake, FruChocs (apricot pieces covered in chocolate), Coopers beer, Farmer’s Union Ice Coffee and Haigh’s chocolate are just some of the iconic creations the City of Churches proclaims as its own. But none are quite as divisive as the humble pie floater. To many,…

3 April 2024ByTobias Handke

Food & Drink Pubs

In Search of the Mixed Grill

It is completely and utterly naff to start with the dictionary term for the subject you're writing about, but in the case of the mixed grill, it does bring some context. a dish consisting of various items of grilled food, typically bacon, sausages, tomatoes, and mushrooms Dictionary.com When I was a kid, you couldn't walk into…

18 March 2024ByBen Tyers

Food & Drink

All-You-Can-Eat Pizza Hut, We Have to Go Back

There's a moment from my childhood that bounces around my brain constantly. I often bring it up whenever the words 'Pizza Hut' are uttered, or there's reference to an all-you-can-eat type situation. The moment, happened inside the dine-in Pizza Hut in Traralgon, at one of the many birthday parties in that establishment. A place where…

15 March 2024ByBen Tyers

Don't Miss a Thing From Regional Australia

How Australia Invented the World’s Favourite Apple

The Origins of South Australia’s Iconic Pie Floater

In Search of the Mixed Grill

All-You-Can-Eat Pizza Hut, We Have to Go Back

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