FOOD HISTORY

Ancient Roman Dishes
Recipes from Ancient Rome.
www.mit.edu

Antique Roman Dishes- Collection
Native Roman Ingredients and conversions, as well as recipes.
www.cs.cmu.edu

History of Turkish Cuisine
A report on the three eras of Turkish cooking development.
palette.ecn.purdue.edu

The Food Timeline
Origins of foods, historic recipes, teaching resources and web links.
www.foodtimeline.org

Medieval Cookery
Recipes, information, and notes about cooking in medieval Europe.
www.medievalcookery.com

The Burgoo Page
Burgoo history and information. What is it? Where to get it? Who eats it?
www.angelfire.com

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)
www.geocities.com

Lothene - A Short History of Porridge
A brief history of the traditional Scottish dish from Roman times to the present.
www.lothene.demon.co.uk

Medieval/Renaissance Food Homepage
Articles, recipes, and summaries of books about Renaissance and Medieval cooking.
www.pbm.com

Leite's Culinaria, Inc: Dining Through the Decades
A detailed recap of the food, trends and chefs of the 20th century. Recipes included.
www.leitesculinaria.com

Cindy Renfrow
Author of transcription/redaction of several fifteenth century European cookbooks. Food links.
www.thousandeggs.com

The A - Z of Exotic Foods
A dictionary of herbs, spices, and foods giving their historical, magical and medicinal qualities.
www.menumagazine.co.uk

Applebee's Founders
First-person history of the fast-casual chain, from its founding to its acquisition by W.R. Grace.
applebees-founder.com

Friends of the Pea [Soup]
A site dedicated to the preservation of the old custom in Sweden of having pea soup on Thursdays.
members.aol.com

Sushi History
Chronology, origin and genealogy of sushi in Japan are concisely overviewed by a table and chart.
homepage3.nifty.com

Canned Food 101
A site that describes the creation of canned food, how cans preserve food, and the inventor of canned food.
geocities.com

History of Food
Histories of tea, coffee, cheese, chocolate and a compliation of mediveal recipes from a variety of cultures.
www.gol27.com

The Smorgasbord
Articles on food history, science, recipes for kids, kitchenware and the political impact of food on society.
www.the-smorgasbord.com

When did it Happen?
Restaurant franchise timeline from 1916 to 1999, compiled by Dacy Nottingham. Includes links to franchise sites.
whendidithappen.com

Agropolis Museum
A science center dealing with topics such as food, nutrition, agriculture, with a historical approach on a worldwide scale.
museum.agropolis.fr

Culinary Events Calendar
A calendar of food-related historical events, anniversaries and discoveries. Overview of the month and day by day listings.
www.foodreference.com

The History of Baby Feeding
Photographs and drawings of bottles and feeding utensils, descriptions of their use and their place and impact in society.
www.babybottle-museum.co.uk

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.
www.levins.com

Potato!
A short history of the potato with recipes, cultivation instructions, safety notes, a wine recipe, links and a bulletin board
www.indepthinfo.com

Did You Bring Bottles?
A tour of American supermarket history and architecture from the 1920s through today. Historical photographs, maps, area histories.
www.groceteria.com

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.
scils.rutgers.edu

The Food Museum
Online educational museum about everyone's favorite subject, food. All about potatoes, rice, figs. Programs and curriculum for schools.
www.foodmuseum.com

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.
home.earthlink.net

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.
www.qmfound.com

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).
foodhistorynews.com

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.
www.lileks.com

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.
rmc.library.cornell.edu

foodhistory.com
Food history publications by Patricia B. Mitchell. Documented anecdotal and written American traditions: colonial, Victorian, Civil War, ethnic, and Southern regional.
www.foodhistory.com

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.
www.tipsontables.com

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.
www.godecookery.com