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Topia!: Recreation: Food: History (46)
See Also:  The Food Timeline - Origins of foods, historic recipes, extensive teaching resources and web links.The Burgoo Page - Burgoo history and information. What is it? Where to get it? Who eats it? 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. Medieval/Renaissance Food Homepage - Articles, recipes, and summaries of books about Renaissance and Medieval cooking. Cariadoc's Miscellany - Renaissance and medieval recipes Antique Roman Dishes- Collection - Native Roman Ingredients and conversions, as well as recipes. Friends of the Pea [Soup] - A site dedicated to the preservation of the old custom in Sweden of having pea soup on Thursdays. The Olde Cookery Book - Old time cookery and home brewing recipes. Menus, articles source material, and reading lists. The Spelt Pages - Information site discussing the reintroduction and development of the ancient grain spelt Spelt is an ancient grain, a "grandparent" of modern wheats One Planet - Histories and descriptions of culinary herbs and spices. 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). Potato! - A short history of the potato with recipes, cultivation instructions, safety notes, a wine recipe, links and a bulletin board The Gallery of Regrettable Food - A humorous look at cookbooks and food ads from the 1930s through the '60s, including Oscar Mayer's breakthrough "Sack O' Sauce in a Can O' Meat". 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. foodhistory.com - Food history publications by Patricia B. Mitchell. Documented anecdotal and written American traditions: colonial, Victorian, Civil War, ethnic, and Southern regional. Cindy Renfrow - Author of transcription/redaction of several fifteenth century European cookbooks. Food links. About.com Guide to Mexican Food History - Have you ever wondered which mole is the real McCoy or why we offer breads on the Day of the Dead? Find out the history behind Mexican food. Agropolis Museum - A science center dealing with topics such as food, nutrition, agriculture, with a historical approach on a worldwide scale. Food History: Dining Through the Decades - A detailed recap of the food, trends and chefs of the 20th century. Recipes included. History and Legends of Favourite Foods - History and legends of bechamel sauce, caviar, chili, chili con carne, eggnog, hot dogs, ice cream and plum pudding. Trivia, quotes and recipes. From "What's Cooking America." Cheap Burgers In Paradise - A history of the American hamburger. Ancient Roman Dishes - Recipes from Ancient Rome. Food and Feud in Saga Iceland - The Icelandic Family Sagas (Islendingasögur) are a body of some forty or so prose pieces written by anonymous Icelanders from the 12th to the 14th centuries. History of Pasta - The New Zealand Cyberguide to Flour Milling and Baking has a collection of information on the history and making of pasta. The FOOD Museum - Online educational museum about everyone's favorite subject, food. All about potatoes, rice, figs. Programs and curriculum for schools. Canned Food 101 - A site that describes the creation of canned food, how cans preserve food, and the inventor of canned food. History of Turkish Cuisine - A report on the three eras of Turkish cooking development. 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. Lothene - A Short History of Porridge - A brief history of the traditional Scottish dish from Roman times to the present. OldRecipes.info - Vintage recipes and articles on the domestic arts from antique cookbooks and early ephemera. American Food Century - A retrospective of American food, cooking, eating and drinking, including heritage recipes, timeline, product jingles and feature articles about food history. 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. 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. LAPL's Menu Collection - Database of menus stored in the Rare Book Room of the Los Angeles Public Library. Can be searched by keyword, cuisine, restaurant, or date. 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. Sancho's Disturbing Recipes of the Eerie Past - Pages from 1930's-50's cookbooks, focusing on questionable recipes, styles, and content of the era. Also links to other similar sites. The A - Z of Exotic Foods - A dictionary of herbs, spices, and foods giving their historical, magical and medicinal qualities. 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. History of Food - Histories of tea, coffee, cheese, chocolate and a compliation of mediveal recipes from a variety of cultures. Medieval Cookery - Recipes, information, and notes about cooking in medieval Europe. Sushi History - Chronology, origin and genealogy of sushi in Japan are concisely overviewed by a table and chart. The History of Baby Feeding - Photographs and drawings of bottles and feeding utensils, descriptions of their use and their place and impact in society. 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. Savorys by Shenanchie - Articles on food and its traditions by country or time period. Includes relevant recipes, links, cooking tips, readers e-mail. 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)
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