Culinary Arts: Food History
This is a guide to information resources in the field of culinary arts.
A Few Food History Books
Food History Almanac:
eBook
Food: the history of taste
TX 353 .F668 2007 (ML)
The Cambridge world history of food
TX 353 .C255 2000 (CM,ML,WO)
The Cambridge World History of Food
eBook Credo Reference
Near a Thousand Tables: a history of food
TX353 .F437 2002 (ML)
Jersey Shore Food History
TX 645 .S355 2012 (ML)
The Potlikker Papers: a food history of the modern south
TX715.2.S68 E328 2018 (ML)
A Thousand Years over a Hot Stove
TX645 .S34 2003 (ML)
Food in Medieval Times
TX641 .A33 2004 (WO)
Getting What We Need Ourselves:
GT2853 .U5 W34 2019 (WO)
American Appetite: the coming of age of a national cuisine
TX 633 .B694 2000 (ML)
Three Squares: the invention of the American meal
GT2853.U5 C38 2013 (ML)
Gastropolis: food and New York City
GT2853.U5 G37 2009 (CM,ML)
Chop Suey, USA: the story of Chinese food in America
TX724.5.C5 C54417 2014 (ML)
The Jemima Code
TX715.2.A47 T57 2015 (ML)
A Taste for War
E468.9 .D285 2003 (ML)
Food in the Gilded Age
TX360.U6 D57 2016 (ML)
Stirring the Pot: a history of African cuisine
GT2853.A35 M37 2009 (ML)
Beans: a history
TX803.B4 A567 2007 (ML)
Pepper: a history of the world's most influential spice
TX406.P4 S53 2013 (ML)
Consider the Fork:
TX 656 .W56 2013 (ML)
Pastrami on Rye:
TX 945.4 .M47 2015 (ML)
A Dark History of Tea
eBook
Oysters: A History
eBook
Turning the Tables:
eBook
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Historic Menus
Food History Websites
- Food TimelineEver wonder how the ancient Romans fed their armies? What the pioneers cooked along the Oregon Trail? Who invented the potato chip...and why? So do we!!! Food history presents a fascinating buffet of popular lore and contradictory facts.
- History of Eating UtensilsThe Department of Anthropology at the California Academy of Sciences houses the Rietz Collection of Food Technology. Containing nearly 1,400 items, this collection was assembled by Carl Austin Rietz, an inventor and businessman in the food industry. His interest in the industry led him on travels around the world to collect objects used in the production, processing, storage, presentation, preparation, and serving of food.
- What's on the Menu?Collection of historical menus from New York Public Library
- Not by Bread Alone: America's Culinary Heritage"Not by Bread Alone" explores the influences and inventions that have shaped American food habits over the past two hundred years.
- TIMELINE OF TELEVISION COOKING SHOW PERSONALITIESThe development of food shows on television and radio.
- TV Chefs, 1946-2018From the National Museum of American History (Smithsonian)
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