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Friday, 13th November


3.00 pm: Optional tour of Museum of Economic Botany
Royal Adelaide Botanic Gardens, with its director, Tony Kallenos.

4.00 pm: Registration and collection of Symposiast’s bags.
Please also collect receipts and leave any edible contributions, “The Gallery”, 1st Floor, National Wine Centre, until 6.00 pm.

4.30 pm: National Wine Centre “The Gallery”, 1st Floor, NWC
Welcome: from Roger Haden (convener).
Followed by a short presentation by Leonie Ryder : Ginger: “The Incorrigible Colonist.”

From 5.00 pm: Sparkling wine, hot and cold canapés, and ginger-inspired champagne cocktails served (other drinks also available).

Optional Evening Activities:
“Friday’s Uncorked” – also see National Wine Centre website for
details of tours: http://www.wineaustralia.com.au/


Saturday, 14th November


9.00-9.30 am, Welcome and Introduction to Symposium

9.30-10.30 am, Session 1: The Economics of Ethnic and Immigrant Food Practices
Chair: Rachel A. Ankeny
Tammi Jonas - From Roasting Dish to Stock Pot: Practices of Frugality between Generations of Migrant Australians
Felicity Newman - God or Greed? The Business of Keeping Kosher
General discussion and questions

10.30-11.00 am – morning tea

11.00 am-12.30, Session 2 – Frugal Times in the Colonies
Chair: Roger Haden
Jacqueline Newling - Dining with Strangeness
Julie McIntyre - Wine and Political Economy in Colonial Australia
Mary Williamson - ‘This is a very ornamental dish by candlelight’: Frugality Canadian Style, 170 Years Ago
General discussion and questions

12.30 noon-2.30 pm – lunch

2.45-3.30 pm, Session 3 (part 1): Language, Narrative, and Gastronomic Economies
Chair: Barbara Santich
Jacqueline Coupland - Elegant Simplicity and Rustic Sophistication: Elizabeth David’s Role in the Transformation of Australian Attitudes to Food from 1950-75
Polly McGee - Donna Hay’s Newie–The Narrative Economy of Celebrity Chefs

3.30-4.00 pm – afternoon tea

4.00-5.30 pm, Session 3 (part 2): Language, Narrative, and Gastronomic Economies
Chair: Roger Haden
Bernadette Hince - Half-pay Pudding: A Meditation on Recipe Names and on Using Things Up
Robyn Flipse - Language Barriers to Good Nutrition: An Illustration of How Terminology used in Dietary Guidance may Impede Selection of More Healthful Foods
General discussion and questions

6.00 pm – Dinner


 Sunday, 15th November


9.00-9.45 am, Session 4 (part 1): Economic Principles
Chair: Ian Hemphill
Sarah Benjamin - Elegant Economy: Eliza Acton and Her book Modern Cookery for Private Families
Jeanette Fry - The Influence of Generic Cookbooks and Pamphlets over the Past 90 Years and the Role of Advertising in Reducing the Cost of Daily Living, Or How Mustard Saves Money on Every Meal

9.45-10.15 am – morning tea

10.15-12 noon, Session 4 (part 2): Economic Principles
Chair: Ian Hemphill
Gerry Groot - Chinese Cookbooks in English: Between the Exotic and the Affordable
Janet Jeffs and Lenore Coltheart - Stories from the Kitchen Cabinet
General discussion and questions

12 noon-1.30 pm - lunch

1.45-3.00 pm, Session 5: Economic Issues in Tourism and Marketing
Chair: Lynn Martin
Alexandra Gregori - Economic Tourism and Social Capital: The Heart and Soul of Rural Australian Food and Wine Festivals
Robb Mason, Barry O’Mahony, and Margaret Deery - Consumer or Tourist? Forging the Five-Minute Food and Wine Encounter
Colin Sheringham - A Tale of Two Signs
General discussion and questions

3.00-3.30 pm – afternoon tea

3.30-5.00 pm, Session 6: Politics and Economics
Chair: Richard Cornish
Bel Castro - How Coffee Killed a Town: The Rise and Fall of Coffee in Lipa, Batangas in the 19th century
Emily Jateff - Food-based Economies of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI)
Christian Reynolds - Towards an Understanding of Food's Economic and Cultural Power in the Political Sphere
General discussion and questions

7:30 pm - Dinner


 Monday, 16th November


8.30-10.30 am —Breakfast at the Art Gallery Café, Art Gallery of SA. Discussion and close.