Jan O’Connell is a grocer’s granddaughter and a Baby Boomer who has spent a lifetime in leading Australian advertising agencies, writing about ice cream, lollies, beer, yoghurt, soup and a multitude of other things we eat and drink. Her blog australianfoodtimeline.com.au documents more than two centuries of changes in the way we eat, shop and grow our food. She lives, works and eats with her husband in Abbotsford, Victoria.