Advice and recipes for invalid and convalescent cookery in Australian cookbooks 1860–1950

Abstract

Many of the general principles of invalid cookery in these books are similar to the requirements of the light diet, commonly used in Australian hospitals up until the 1980s. Further research into the source and rationale for the advice in these books would be worthwhile.

Inter‐professional, interdisciplinary and inter‐sectoral dietetic practice

“…For example, in this issue of the journal, Kittisakmontri et al . report on the attitudes, knowledge and practices within urban families in Northern Thailand on complementary feeding of infants . From a food service perspective, Williams provides a historical commentary on Australian cookbooks outlining the advice and recipes in the disabled and convalescent context .…”