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By Bread Alone: America's Culinary Heritage
The "influences and
inventions that have shaped American food habits over the past two
hundred years."
America
the Bountiful: Classic American Food From Antiquity to the Space
Age
"...chronicling the use of 10 classic American food groups
including: beef, chicken, turkey, pork, potatoes, corn, greens,
wheat, beans, and apples."
Digital
History: Food in America
An essay.
Feeding
America: The Historic American Cookbook Project
Searchable archive currently includes page images of 57 cookbooks
from the 19th and early 20th century.
Recipes
for Historic Cooking
Recipes from classic American cookbooks.
What
Did the Colonists Eat?
Brief description of the diet at Jamestown.
Colonial
American Fare [pdf]
Brief listing of typical food items.
Recipes
from Colonial Williamsburg - Sampling
18th-Century Fare at Shields Tavern
Michael
Weishan's World of Gardening: The Gardens of Plimoth Plantation
History
Channel: The History of Thanksgiving, A Meal Without Forks
Historic
Crafts and Skills - Foods
Frontier foods and methods.
Seasonal Chef
Historical Recipes
Vintage California Cuisine.
Historic
Spanish Colonial and Mexican Recipes
Cooking
Prairie (Frontier) Style
Historic
Texas Recipes
Sweet
Texas, Old Dessert Recipes from Texas
Mason-Dixon
Line’s Civil War Recipes - Mason-Dixon
Line’s Civil War Recipes For Any Occasion
1860’s
Foods Union, Confederate, & on the Frontier
The
Civil War Zone Recipes
Food
Reference: Food History, Culinary History, ... - The
Inglenook Cook Book (1906) - American
Cookery, Amelia Simmons (1796)
Classic
Fish and Seafood Recipes
From 10 classic cookbooks from 1747 to 1903
The
Old Timer's Page
Techniques and recipes
The
Food Museum - Food Origins
Background on select plants. Information on animals is sketchy at
best.
Antique
Recipes from Old Newspapers
An assortment.
Fanny
Farmer - Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1918)
Heirloom
Weights and Measures Conversion Chart
How much is a pinch?
American
Food Century: History
of the American Salad - The
Cola Wars - Food
Timeline (when products appeared)
Olde
Time Cooking with Chef Brad
Some trivia and "comfort food" recipes from the 40s, 50s,
and early 60s.
About.com
Food Inventions: The History of Food
Stories behind soup, sandwiches, pizza, pasta and other foods.
Alphabetical listing.
Dining
Through the Decades
American
Cuisine in the 20th Century [pdf]
Trends and nutritional philosophies.
The
Food Timeline and Culinary
History Timeline
Epicurious
Gourmet Special Anniversary Issue: Decade by Decade The
40s, The
50s, The
60s, The
70s, The
80s, The
90s
Trends in cuisine traced through changes in magazine reporting.
Gallery
of Regrettable Food
A great collection of early-mid 20th Century illustration; coarse
language in the commentary.
History
of Soul Food
An essay.
The
History of (Military Food) Rations
An essay.
bbq
Barbecue: a southern cultural icon. Essay and recipes.
The
History of Kosher Food in the U.S.A.
Detailed essay and timeline.
Candy
USA
Find the origins of common confections, e.g., candy corn, conversation
hearts, jelly beans, chocolate.
USDA FoodReview:
America’s Changing Eating Patterns Vol. 23, Issue 1, Jan-Apr
2000 Articles in pdf format.
American Forum
Fast Food History: The
Historical Cheeseburger and Cola; Patterns
of Food Introductions into the United States; Origins
of Manufactured Products; Mcfast-food
Conquers America; Soft
Drinks Conquer America; McCola
Culture
Milestones
in U.S. Food and Drug Law History
Brief chronology.
Diners
The history of "America's original fast food restaurant."
The
History of the Microwave Oven
Books:
641.013 842
1991
Sokolov, Raymond A. Why We Eat What We Eat: How the Encounter Between
the New World and the Old Changed the Way Everyone On the Planet
Eats.
641.3009 852
1977
Stewart, Katie. The Joy of Eating: A Cook's Tour of History, Illustrated,
With a Cook's Section of the Great Recipes of Every Era.
641.5973 HENRY
Henry, Linda. Heritage of America Cookbook.
642.6 144
Belden, Louise Conway. The Festive Tradition, Table Decoration and
Desserts in America, 1650-1900.
640.973 4564
Hechtlinger, Adelaide. The Seasonal Hearth: The Woman at Home in
Early America.
641.0973 ROOT
Root, Waverley Lewis. Eating in America: A History.
641.5973 BOOTH
Booth, Sally Smith. Hung, Strung & Potted: A History of Eating
in Colonial America.
641.597309044
HAYES
Hayes, Joanne Lamb. Grandma's Wartime Kitchen: World War II and
the Way We Cooked.
641.5092273 MENDELSON
Mendelson, Anne. Stand Facing the Stove: The Story of the Women
Who Gave America the Joy of Cooking.
See also, in
the Juvenile collection:
Cooking Throughout
American History Series by George Erdosh:
- J641.59297
ERDOSH
Food and Recipes of the Native Americans.
- J641.5974409032
ERDOSH
Food and Recipes of the Pilgrims.
- J641.597309034
ERDOSH
Food and Recipes of the Civil War.
- J641.5097309034
ERDOSH
Food and Recipes of the westward expansion.
- J641.597309032
ERDOSH
Food and Recipes of the thirteen colonies.
- J641.597409033
ERDOSH
Food and Recipes of the Revolutionary War.
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Ichord, Loretta Frances. Skillet Bread, Sourdough, and Vinegar pie:
Cooking in Pioneer Days.
J641.59775
923
Walker, Barbara Muhs. The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods
from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories.
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