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Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 Tasting Salt
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 1997 .

Works about this Work

Greek Olives and Italian Prosciutto on Crusty French Bread : Food in Contemporary Fiction by Australian Women Jennifer Mitchell , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Studies , vol. 2 no. 2010;
'Women have often had a troubled relationship with food, but in recent decades there has been a bit of a turn around - at least in fictional terms. In some earlier Australian feminist fiction from the 1970s and 1980s, women were often portrayed as oppressed by, or resistant to, food and eating. Here I explore food in Kate Grenville's Lilian's Story, Andrea Goldsmith's Gracious Living, and two works by Helen Garner - The Children's Bach and Cosmo Cosmolino. In these stories women refrain from eating, or over indulge, as forms of resistance to oppression. But times have changed. This essay examines the changing nature of how food is represented in fiction by Australian women. The later novels explored here - Drusilla Modjeska's The Orchard, Marion Halligan's The Fog Garden, Stephanie Dowrick Tasting Salt and Amanda Lohrey's Camille's Bread (1995) - significantly reframe food preparation and consumption as positive experiences that promote women's independence, and contribute to their creative lives and personal relationships. These later texts transcend the earlier view of domesticated women as anxious or resistant consumers of food. Instead, food is aesthetically rich and sensually rewarding; a controllable and pleasurable experience promoting health, wellbeing, and positive loving relationships. (Author's abstract)
The Taste of Freedom Lisa Kerrigan , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 197 1997-1998; (p. 44-45)

— Review of Tasting Salt Stephanie Dowrick , 1997 single work novel
Freedom Has One Taste Sara Dowse , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 November 1997; (p. 8)

— Review of Tasting Salt Stephanie Dowrick , 1997 single work novel
Adding a Pinch of Realism Janet Chimonyo , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 26 October 1997; (p. 42) Cordite Poetry Review , December no. 48.1 2014;

— Review of Tasting Salt Stephanie Dowrick , 1997 single work novel
Aspirations and the Written Word Janet Chimonyo , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 19 October 1997; (p. 14)

— Review of Tasting Salt Stephanie Dowrick , 1997 single work novel
Paperbacks Graham Clark , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 November 1997; (p. wkd 9)

— Review of Oyster Janette Turner Hospital , 1996 single work novel ; Tasting Salt Stephanie Dowrick , 1997 single work novel
Ageing, Friendship and Dying, with a Touch of Dickinson Veronica Sen , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 2 November 1997; (p. 22)

— Review of Along Came the Sky : A Novel R. D. Lappan , 1997 single work novel ; Hot News Wendy Jenkins , 1997 single work novel ; Tasting Salt Stephanie Dowrick , 1997 single work novel ; Steam Pigs Melissa Lucashenko , 1997 single work novel ; The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco John Birmingham , 1997 single work novel
Salt of Two Lives Katharine England , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 October 1997; (p. 21)

— Review of Tasting Salt Stephanie Dowrick , 1997 single work novel
Aspirations and the Written Word Janet Chimonyo , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 19 October 1997; (p. 14)

— Review of Tasting Salt Stephanie Dowrick , 1997 single work novel
Adding a Pinch of Realism Janet Chimonyo , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 26 October 1997; (p. 42) Cordite Poetry Review , December no. 48.1 2014;

— Review of Tasting Salt Stephanie Dowrick , 1997 single work novel
Greek Olives and Italian Prosciutto on Crusty French Bread : Food in Contemporary Fiction by Australian Women Jennifer Mitchell , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Studies , vol. 2 no. 2010;
'Women have often had a troubled relationship with food, but in recent decades there has been a bit of a turn around - at least in fictional terms. In some earlier Australian feminist fiction from the 1970s and 1980s, women were often portrayed as oppressed by, or resistant to, food and eating. Here I explore food in Kate Grenville's Lilian's Story, Andrea Goldsmith's Gracious Living, and two works by Helen Garner - The Children's Bach and Cosmo Cosmolino. In these stories women refrain from eating, or over indulge, as forms of resistance to oppression. But times have changed. This essay examines the changing nature of how food is represented in fiction by Australian women. The later novels explored here - Drusilla Modjeska's The Orchard, Marion Halligan's The Fog Garden, Stephanie Dowrick Tasting Salt and Amanda Lohrey's Camille's Bread (1995) - significantly reframe food preparation and consumption as positive experiences that promote women's independence, and contribute to their creative lives and personal relationships. These later texts transcend the earlier view of domesticated women as anxious or resistant consumers of food. Instead, food is aesthetically rich and sensually rewarding; a controllable and pleasurable experience promoting health, wellbeing, and positive loving relationships. (Author's abstract)
Inner Journeys That Lead to New Love Christopher Bantick , 1997 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 9 November 1997; (p. 22)
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