Library of the larder – Epicure

An Anonymous Patron writes theage.com.au reports: Reflecting on fashions, skills and produce provides an excellent excuse for some random wanderings through our gastronomic heritage. And one of the greatest concentrations of Australian culinary history lies in the collections of the State Library of Victoria. Melbourne”s grandest repository of knowledge will on Saturday mark a birthday of sorts ” the foundation stones were laid on July 3, 1854, with the library opening its doors in February 1856.”