The Food Lovers Guide To Australia

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  • Premiered: Jun 2000
  • Episodes: 52
  • Followers: 0
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Season 5
5x1
Fish Soup and Rice
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 14, 2005
Maeve O'Meara and Joanna Savill continue to explore the best food and produce around. In this episode: Maeve gets an old family recipe from a famous Broome clan - the singing Pigram .. show full overview
5x2
Sea Cucumber
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 21, 2005
In this episode, Joanna goes on a fishing trip with the sea cucumber divers of the far north, and Maeve meets the most passionate eggplant grower ever in Carnarvon, Western Australia.
5x3
The Desert Taverna
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 28, 2005
In this episode: Maeve stops at a Greek taverna at the edge of the desert for bouzouki and souvlaki among the opal mines; and Joanna joins a group of lotus eaters (literally) in far north NSW.
5x4
Hmong Banana Growers
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 05, 2005
In this episode, Joanna visits the Hmong community of Innisfail in far north Queensland; and Maeve sits down to Sunday lunch Sri Lankan-style with Perth crooner Malcolm de Kauwe.
5x5
Cheddar
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 12, 2005
In this episode, Maeve learns some of the secrets of our best cheddar from Tasmania, while Joanna gets to taste several varieties of pomegranates at a farm in Robinvale, Victoria.
5x6
Buffalo
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 19, 2005
In this episode, Joanna helps build a pit oven overlooking the Kakadu wetlands, and Maeve joins an extended Greek family for Greek Easter celebrations.
5x7
Walnuts
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 26, 2005
In this episode, Maeve visits a walnut farm in Tasmania where she helps with the harvest and enjoys a walnut loaf, and Joanna tries goat meat - tandoori and Moroccan style - in Yass.
5x8
Han Sun
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 02, 2005
In this episode, Joanna is in Broome to hear the stories of the Chinese settlers who live there, and taste some fantastic Cantonese cooking, while Maeve revels in the lusciousness of persimmons in season.
5x9
Southern Blue Fin Tuna
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 09, 2005
In this episode, Maeve visits the southern blue-fin tuna pens off the South Australian coast, and Joanna finds out why taro should be the new miracle ingredient, before heading to Dunk Island for an elegant taro dinner.
5x10
Slow Food
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 16, 2005
In this episode, Maeve discovers the secrets of saffron and a few facts about the world's most expensive spice, and later we revel in Byron Bay cookery writer Nadine Abensur's 'new vegetarian' creations.
5x11
Blue Swimmer Crab
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 23, 2005
In this episode, Maeve takes us blue swimmer crab harvesting in Western Australian waters, while Joanna wades through the rice paddies of the Riverina and has lunch with a four-generation Italian rice-farming family.
5x12
Bullboars
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 30, 2005
In this episode, Marjorie Bligh, popular author of cooking books in Tasmania; sushi making in Ultimo; Byron Bay Native Produce; and spit roast in Adelaide.
5x13 Show finale
Sun Pictures
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 07, 2005
In this episode, Maeve visits the old Sun Pictures, a Broome institution, and Joanna discovers a new addiction - fresh pistachios. We finish with a giant Argentinean barbecue.

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