State Library of Victoria Gusto Excursion 30/10/12

Gusto! A culinary history of Victoria
We will see the rich culinary history of Victoria in this exhibition, featuring gastronomic treasures from our collections – from the first Australian cookbook, published in 1864, to an actual World War I army biscuit.

Gusto! explores Victoria's historic and contemporary culinary landscape, covering subjects such as the history of viticulture, Indigenous foods, sustainable food practices, fine dining and food rationing, and also features the fascinating stories of significant Victorian culinary figures including Jacques Reymond, Rita Erlich, Guy Grossi and Stephanie Alexander.

The program has been divided into blocks: equal time looking at the Gusto! exhibition, in the computer lab having a look at the online resources, showing how research is done using the library catalogue and seeing some other parts of the Library to tie in with the research aspect (eg. the Newspapers room).

We will be leaving school on Tuesday at 9.15AM and returning at approximately 1.30PM.
If you are able to accompany us please contact your home group teacher.

http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/event/gusto-culinary-history-victoria