Sampling the Changing Face of Food: Websites
Websites
- Food TimelineA U.S. based food timeline from 17000 BC to the present. It is not a single website but a collection of related websites with links to food, online cookbooks and recipes of a particular period. There are also food history lesson plans and resources for teachers available.
- Anthropology of FoodA webjournal dedicated to the social sciences of food. Anthropology of food is an open access multilingual academic journal (French, English, Spanish and Portuguese). Since 1999, this journal is produced and published by a network of European academic researchers sharing a common intellectual interest in the field of social sciences and food.
- BBC: Food PodcastsBBC Radio 4’s weekly look at food topics.
- Big Business: Food Production, Processing & Distribution in the North 1850-1900This online exhibition features lithographs, chromolithographs, trade catalogues, trade cards, and product labels from the American Antiquarian Society’s collection that help shed light on major changes in the way Americans in the North produced and sold their food in the second half of the nineteenth century.
- Cindy Renfrow’s Thousand EggsSite contains information about ancient and medieval cooking and links to further resources.
- Culinary Historians of New YorkCulinary Historians of New York (CHNY) was founded in 1985 to stimulate and share knowledge of the ways food has affected humans (and humans, food) since earliest times.
- Food MuseumThe Food Museum celebrates food, exploring its history, heritage, and cultural influence worldwide.
- Food: NPRAudio stories on food, nutrition, recipes, cooking, cookbook reviews, and health.
- FoodBlogs.comSite keeps track of hundreds of food blogs from around the world.
- Edible GeographyOne of the web's best and oldest food blogs.
- FoodReference.com“FoodReference.com is an eccentric world of fascinating food information and fun. Articles, Trivia, Recipes, Cooking Tips, Food Festivals, Today in Food History, etc.”
- Gastropod“Gastropod looks at food through the lens of science and history”
- iTunes Podcasts: FoodPodcasts dealing with topics such as beer, coffee, culinary knife skills, vegan cooking, and a whole lot more.
- Key Ingredients: America by FoodOnline companion site to a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition. “Key Ingredients examines the evolution of the American kitchen and how food industries have responded to the technological innovations that have enabled Americans to choose an ever-wider variety of frozen, prepared, and fresh foods. Key Ingredients also looks beyond the home to restaurants, diners, and celebrations that help build a sense of community through food.”
- Meaning of FoodPBS documentary series companion site; “The Meaning of Food is an exploration of culture through food. What we consume, how we acquire it, who prepares it, who’s at the table, and who eats first is a form of communication that is rich with meaning.”
- Mediterranean Food HistoryDeals with the origins of foods such as macaroni, gazpacho, lemonade, and many other foods used in Mediterranean cooking.
- Not by Bread Alone (Cornell University Library)Explores the influences and inventions that have shaped American food habits over the past two hundred years (site was created to accompany an exhibit that was on view in the Kroch Library from June 6 to October 4, 2002).
- Oxford Symposium on Food & CookeryAn annual conference held on food history.
- The Salt: What's on Your PlateNPR's The Salt is an extraordinarily entertaining food blog with an eye toward "food news from the farm to the plate and beyond..
- Science of CookingExamines the chemistry and science behind food and cooking.
- Szathmary Culinary Manuscripts and CookbooksHandwritten cookbooks, circa 1600s-1960s, documenting culinary history in America and Europe and how tastes have changed over the years.
- What’s on the Menu?New York Public Library's ongoing crowdsourcing project to digitize and transcribe its collection of 40,000 restaurant menus dating from the 1840s to the present.
- Yahoo! FoodThis site marries the elegant design of a traditional magazine with bite-size stories, engaging videos, and stunning photos.