Open Directory - Recreation: Food: History
This category in other languages: - 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. - A science center dealing with topics such as food, nutrition, agriculture, with a historical approach on a worldwide scale. - Native Roman Ingredients and conversions, as well as recipes. - First-person history of the fast-casual chain, from its founding to its acquisition by W.R. Grace. - 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. - Author of transcription/redaction of several fifteenth century European cookbooks. Food links. - A calendar of food-related historical events, anniversaries and discoveries. Overview of the month and day by day listings. - A tour of American supermarket history and architecture from the 1920s through today. Historical photographs, maps, area histories. - A Web site for the quarterly publication Food History News, a newsletter dedicated to the history of food in North America (and occasionally elsewhere). - Food and culinary history in libraries, museums and everyday life. - Greek culinary history and food stories. - A detailed recap of the food, trends and chefs of the 20th century. Recipes included. - Recipes, information, and notes about cooking in medieval Europe. - Articles, recipes, and summaries of books about Renaissance and Medieval cooking. - An exhibit from the Cornell University Library. Includes information on early cookery books, food nutrition and science, kitchen technology, and food processing. - A short history of the potato with recipes, cultivation instructions, safety notes, a wine recipe, links and a bulletin board - An annotated bibliography of historical sites on the WWW about European food and drink during the Renaissance and Middle Ages. - Chronology, origin and genealogy of sushi in Japan are concisely overviewed by a table and chart. - A brief history of how the pineapple has served as both a food and a symbol throughout the human history of the Americas. - A dictionary of herbs, spices, and foods giving their historical, magical and medicinal qualities. - Burgoo history and information. What is it? Where to get it? Who eats it? - Educational museum about everyone's favorite subject, food. All about potatoes, rice, figs. Programs and curriculum for schools. - Origins of foods, historic recipes, teaching resources and web links. - Humorous articles satirizing cookbooks and food ads from the '30s through the '60s, including Meat! Meat! Meat! and The Unbearable Sadness of Vegetables. - Photographs and drawings of bottles and feeding utensils, descriptions of their use and their place and impact in society. - Articles on food history, science, recipes for kids, kitchenware and the political impact of food on society. - An unofficial guild dedicated to the practice and promotion of pre-seventeenth century cookery in the Society for Creative Anachronism. - 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. - Restaurant franchise timeline from 1916 to 1999, compiled by Dacy Nottingham. Includes links to franchise sites. - Food history publications by Patricia B. Mitchell. Documented anecdotal and written American traditions: colonial, Victorian, Civil War, ethnic, and Southern regional.
