Lygon Street: Stories and recipes from Melbourne's melting pot

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Lygon Street is in the heart of the inner-city Melbourne suburb of Carlton. It is a street that was responsible for bringing authentic home style cooking to Australia and introducing the first espresso machine. This absorbing and entertaining history features a collection of recipes from iconic Lygon Street restaurants and celebrates the rich diversity of cafes, shops and businesses that have existed on this colourful shopping strip over the past 150 years. Lygon Street captures the feeling, stories and richness of this very unique Australian street.

Author Bio

Michael Harden is a freelance writer who regularly contributes to The Age, Sunday Life, The Melbourne Weekly Magazine, Australian Gourmet Traveller, Winestate and the Melbourne and Sydney Good Food Guides. He is the author of Celebrazione!, the story of the De Bortoli winemaking family, and Of A Nation, the history of Peters Ice Cream and co-author of several other books including the Wyndham Estate Seasons Cookbook, The Food and Wine Lovers' Guide to Melbourne and Surrounds and Top Five. He lives and works in Melbourne.