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Food-lovers' diary charts changing seasons

Roslyn Grundy
Roslyn Grundy

The 2016 Foodies' Diary by Allan Campion and Michele Curtis (Hardie Grant).
The 2016 Foodies' Diary by Allan Campion and Michele Curtis (Hardie Grant).Supplied

If climate change proof were needed, chefs Allan Campion and Michele Curtis have it. Since 1994 the pair have been publishing a diary charting the peak seasons for Australian fruit, vegetables, nuts and herbs.

The seasons are longer and less definite now, yet the temperatures more extreme, says Campion.

The Foodies' Diary began with Campion and Curtis visiting Melbourne markets each week and jotting down the produce available.

Fellow chefs asked for copies of the list – which eventually became the top-selling diary, dotted with seasonal recipes, cooking tips, wine notes and key dates for food festivals and farmers' markets throughout Australia.

The 2016 Foodies' Diary (Hardie Grant, $34.95) is available in book shops now.

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Roslyn GrundyRoslyn Grundy is Good Food's deputy editor and the former editor of The Age Good Food Guide.

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