Australian Food

You have to love Australian food. With a population coming from so many different backgrounds, some of the best dishes around the world are being served at tables around the country.

Some dishes have gone mainstream - you can have a Mediterranean, Asian or South American lunch at a small eatery or takeaway shop.

Others form part of the gourmet food style - you have to book dinner at stylish restaurants. Or, if you like cooking you can make them yourself. There are plenty cookbooks and even tv shows that demonstrate what to do.

Click on the headlines and links below to see more about food in Australia.

The Food Culture

An amazing amount of flavours, ingredients and creativity combine to shape a vibrant and multicultural way of cooking and enjoying what you eat.

Australian Cuisine

Most people consider only the way people have been eating since European settlement. But there is much more about Australian cuisine than meets the eye.

Australian Diet

Mud crabs at the fish shop

Fast food is a convenient and quick way that fits with our busy lifestyles. It is part of the daily diet, but it will never be as good as the fresh food. People are turning to the many healthier options such as seafood, fresh produce, gourmet eating.

Australia Food

Today people like to eat a varied range of dishes: rich, tasty and stylish. But it was not always like this. Here is a brief history of how food tastes in Australia evolved with time.

Australian Foods

Do you want to know what people eat when going out, or on special occasions for Christmas or Easter? Here are some examples.

Typical Australian Food

While the cuisine down under is yummy and extremely varied there are some items that are typical to this country: vegemite, pavlova, sausage sizzle, meat pies.

Popular Foods in Australia

See which is the iconic food that stood the test of the time.

What Do Australians Eat?

Easy question to answer. Mix a large array of ingredients with both traditional and modern flavours. And see some examples of what is on the menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

What do Aborigines Eat?

Is the way they eat really different? Not today, but in the past they learned to survive on foods they found in the bush.

Australian Aboriginal Food

Check out to see more of what the desert offers as food items: seeds, nectar, honey, berries.

How Did Aborigines Find Water?

Traditional aboriginal food is whatever nature is offering. But finding water is not easy in areas where drought rules. See here how Aboriginal Australians survived in the desert, learning various ways to find the precious water.

Easy Australian Recipes

Do you want to cook something quick and easy? Click on the headline above.

Australian Fish Recipes

Do you like fish? Here are two recipes: baked mullet and baked latchet with mussel meat and olives. Healthy and easy to make.

Quick Prawn Recipes

The combination between prawns and tropical fruits adds amazing flavours to many seafood recipes. See here two salad dishes: prawns and grapefruit and prawns and persimmons salads. Fruity, light and easy to cook.

Easy Pasta Recipes

Pasta is an extremely popular food "Down Under". Check out these two excellent dishes.

Obesity in Australia

Obesity is increasing at an alarming rate. What is causing the epidemic? Fighting it has become a national health priority.

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