Collected episode nine - Anzac biscuits and secret cookbooks
It’s 100 years since the first recipe for what we know as Anzac biscuits was published in a cookbook. In Episode 9 of Collected, Louise Maher explores the history of these sweet treats, and discovers how prisoners of war shared recipes for dozens of different dishes as a secret survival strategy.
Presented by: Louise Maher
Produced by: Louise Maher
Interviewed:
- Dianne Rutherford, Curator Military Heraldry and Technology
- Tracey Langner, Assistant Curator Private Records
- Dr Blake Singley, Senior Curator Photographs Film and Sound
Original music: Andy Heaney – Vice Like Grip
Additional music: Caliko Kat
Collected - Stories from the Australian War Memorial