First Nations Food Companion

‘This book brings ancient foods into the modern kitchen. Every page is full of fascination. A walk in the bush will never be the same.’ Bruce Pascoe

Damien Coulthard is an Adnyamathanha and Dieri person of the Flinders Ranges, an international artist, cultural educator and high school teacher. He is a former board director of the South Australian Native Title Service.

Damien’s wife Rebecca Sullivan is a food educator, regenerative farmer, Yale World Fellow and TV presenter who has featured in ABC’s Gardening Australia as well as on Channels Nine and Ten. She has a masters in sustainable agriculture, worked in the UK Slow Food movement and teaches natural living and cookery at River Cottage UK and The Agrarian Kitchen in Tasmania. Her writing can be found in Peppermint, ABC Organic Gardener, SA Gardens and delicious.

Together, Damien and Rebecca are co-founders of Warndu, a native food enterprise and ethical lifestyle brand which runs pop-up restaurants and workshops, employs local indigenous and non-indigenous people. Their first book, Warndu Mai, was awarded the best cookbook in Australia at the Gourmand Awards.