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Story: Cooking

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Cooking technology

  3. Cooking methods

  4. Cookbooks, magazines and television shows

  5. Who cooks?

  6. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Cooking technology

Hāngī, Northland, 1910s

Hāngī, Northland, 1910s

Cooking on an open fire, 1840s

Cooking on an open fire, 1840s

Shacklock Orion range advertisement, 1898

Shacklock Orion range advertisement, 1898 (1st of 5)

Shacklock Orion range in action, 1920s

Shacklock Orion range in action, 1920s (2nd of 5)

Gas stove cookbook, 1930s

Gas stove cookbook, 1930s (3rd of 5)

Electric stove, 1976

Electric stove, 1976 (4th of 5)

Modern kitchen, 2012

Modern kitchen, 2012 (5th of 5)

Refrigerators

Refrigerators

Microwave oven, 1965

Microwave oven, 1965

From page 2 - Cooking methods

Anna Pavlova and her baked namesake

Anna Pavlova and her baked namesake

Tea party

Tea party

Sunday roast

Sunday roast

Boiling vegetables, 1902 style

Boiling vegetables, 1902 style

Preserving demonstration, 1950s

Preserving demonstration, 1950s

From page 3 - Cookbooks, magazines and television shows

Mrs Beeton's cookbook

Mrs Beeton's cookbook

Cookbooks, 1920s and 1940s

Cookbooks, 1920s and 1940s (1st of 3)

Mid- to late-20th-century New Zealand cookbooks

Mid- to late-20th-century New Zealand cookbooks (2nd of 3)

Modern cookbooks

Modern cookbooks (3rd of 3)

Elizabeth Messenger's New Zealand wine & food book

Elizabeth Messenger's New Zealand wine & food book

Television cooks

Television cooks

From page 4 - Who cooks?

The up to date housewife

The up to date housewife

Home science at the University of Otago, 1961

Home science at the University of Otago, 1961

Male cook, Ahipara gumfields, 1910s

Male cook, Ahipara gumfields, 1910s

Male chef, Wairākei Hotel, 1972

Male chef, Wairākei Hotel, 1972

Man barbecuing, 1978

Man barbecuing, 1978

How to cite this page:

David Burton, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/cooking/media (accessed 8 February 2023)

Story by David Burton, published 5 Sep 2013

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