Food History
Below are some useful links about History on Food:
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| The A - Z of Exotic Foods - A dictionary of herbs, spices, and foods giving their historical, magical and medicinal qualities. |
| Agropolis Museum - A science center dealing with topics such as food, nutrition, agriculture, with a historical approach on a worldwide scale. |
| Ancient Roman Dishes - Recipes from Ancient Rome. |
| Antique Roman Dishes- Collection - Native Roman Ingredients and conversions, as well as recipes. |
| Applebee's Founders - First-person history of the fast-casual chain, from its founding to its acquisition by W.R. Grace. |
| Army Subsistence History - History of the food, food services and cooks in the U.S. Army dating back to the Civil War. Information provided by the Quartermaster Foundation. |
| The Burgoo Page - Burgoo history and information. What is it? Where to get it? Who eats it? |
| Canned Food 101 - A site that describes the creation of canned food, how cans preserve food, and the inventor of canned food. |
| A Chaucerian Cookery - An examination of the foods found in the writings of the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Included is A Chaucerian Feast, which contains recipes and instructions for presenting a feast based on Chaucer. |
| Cindy Renfrow - Author of transcription/redaction of several fifteenth century European cookbooks. Food links. |
| Culinary Events Calendar - A calendar of food-related historical events, anniversaries and discoveries. Overview of the month and day by day listings. |
| Did You Bring Bottles? - A tour of American supermarket history and architecture from the 1920s through today. Historical photographs, maps, area histories. |
| Food History News - A Web site for the quarterly publication Food History News, a newsletter dedicated to the history of food in North America (and occasionally elsewhere). |
| The Food Museum - Online educational museum about everyone's favorite subject, food. All about potatoes, rice, figs. Programs and curriculum for schools. |
| The Food Timeline - Origins of foods, historic recipes, teaching resources and web links. |
| foodhistory.com - Food history publications by Patricia B. Mitchell. Documented anecdotal and written American traditions: colonial, Victorian, Civil War, ethnic, and Southern regional. |
| The Gallery of Regrettable Food - Humorous articles satirizing cookbooks and food ads from the '30s through the '60s, including Meat! Meat! Meat! and The Unbearable Sadness of Vegetables. |
| The History of Baby Feeding - Photographs and drawings of bottles and feeding utensils, descriptions of their use and their place and impact in society. |
| History of Food - Histories of tea, coffee, cheese, chocolate and a compliation of mediveal recipes from a variety of cultures. |
| In the Devil's Garden: A History of Sin and Forbidden Food - An examination of some food taboos that have shaped world history. (book excerpt) |
| Leite's Culinaria, Inc: Dining Through the Decades - A detailed recap of the food, trends and chefs of the 20th century. Recipes included. |
| Lothene - A Short History of Porridge - A brief history of the traditional Scottish dish from Roman times to the present. |
| Medieval Cookery - Recipes, information, and notes about cooking in medieval Europe. |
| Medieval/Renaissance Food Homepage - Articles, recipes, and summaries of books about Renaissance and Medieval cooking. |
| Not by Bread Alone: America's Culinary Heritage - An exhibit from the Cornell University Library. Includes information on early cookery books, food nutrition and science, kitchen technology, and food processing. |
| Potato! - A short history of the potato with recipes, cultivation instructions, safety notes, a wine recipe, links and a bulletin board |
| Renaissance and Medieval Food and Drink - An annotated bibliography of historical sites on the WWW about European food and drink during the Renaissance and Middle Ages. |
| The Smorgasbord - Articles on food history, science, recipes for kids, kitchenware and the political impact of food on society. |
| The Stewpot Period Culinary Guild - An unofficial guild dedicated to the practice and promotion of pre-seventeenth century cookery in the Society for Creative Anachronism. |
| Sushi History - Chronology, origin and genealogy of sushi in Japan are concisely overviewed by a table and chart. |
| Symbolism of the Pineapple - A brief history of how the pineapple has served as both a food and a symbol throughout the human history of the Americas. |
| Tips on Tables - Vintage reviews of famous nightclubs and restaurants, mostly from the New York City area, viewed here for the first time since they were published in the 1940s and 50s. |
| When did it Happen? - Restaurant franchise timeline from 1916 to 1999, compiled by Dacy Nottingham. Includes links to franchise sites. |