Great Cooks of the Desert Podcast & Radio Series

James Young is a local  artisan who creates beautiful bespoke leather shoes and belts...he is also a cameleer.  His idea of a family holiday is to travel across the deserts of Central Australia, with his partner, children and family dog on a wagon drawn by two camels.  In keeping with his 'hand-made' ethos James also makes his own salami to take on the trip.

In this episode, we visit James during a salami-making session prior to his forthcoming camel wagon trip across the Tanami Desert.

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Rebecca Cadzow lives on Mount Riddock station, 200kms north east of Alice Springs.

In addition to her daily tasks of cooking for the station crew, driving the road train, pregnancy testing  cattle, mustering, looking after her garden and teaching new staff to handle horses - Rebecca also find times to enliven the daily menu with some home-made cheese .

In this episode, we visit Rebecca at Mount Riddock Station to get a lesson in making haloumi and to find out about the running of a cattle station kitchen.

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 Many Aboriginal people in communities around Central Australia still hunt for and eat bush foods. However as country changes with unseasonal weather events and the influx of non-native grasses, hunting bush foods becomes increasingly challenging.

In this episode, we go on a bush trip south of Yuendumu with Yamurna Oldfield and family to hunt for goanna and to explore the idea of a Warlpiri cuisine.

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Skilled and unskilled migrants are integral to the running of key industries both in  Alice Springs and throughout Central Australia and

Flora Mpofu is part of a group of Zimbabwean health professionals who call Alice Springs home.

The Zimbabwean community is vibrant and connected.  They come together  regularly  to celebrate events and traditions.  In this episode Flora is cooking 'Samp' for a traditional Zimbabwean bride welcoming celebration happening later in the day.

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The Alice Springs community  of food growers  and producers is small but committed to growing produce in a challenging environment. In this episode we  visit  Laurie May an Alice Springs based gardener and cook who is passionate about growing produce in the desert as well as the  importance of community.

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This project is being produced in partnership with 8CCC Community Radio in Alice Springs, with funding support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation.