Andrew Smith offers up a volume of food resources in his book, The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink, which reveals American food history and how it has influenced everything from slang to ...

Part I. Food histories: 1. Food and the Annales school / Sydney Watts -- 2. Political histories of food / Enrique C. Ochoa -- 3. Cultural histories of food / Jeffrey M. Pilcher -- 4. Labor histories ...

From paintings celebrating a Land of Plenty, to cookbooks championing political causes, there’s a lot to chew on in American food history. Exhibition curator Kaleigh Pisani, curator of collections and ...

Part One: Sumer and Egypt -- Part Two: Ancient Greece -- Part Three: Ancient Rome -- Part Four: Imperial China -- Part Five: Ancient India -- Part Six: Ancient Hebrews -- Part Seven: Early Middle Ages ...

Maria Balinska samples a bit of the history of the bagel in her book, The Bagel: The Surprising History of a Modest Bread. If you're a bagel afficionado, you'll enjoy her Los Angeles Times article ...

A crowd, estimated at 5,000 inside church during a rally at Montgomery's First Baptist Church in 1956. A crowd, estimated at 5,000 inside church during a rally at Montgomery's First Baptist Church in ...

Grilled meats, watermelon, and hibiscus are often served on the holiday not only to bring communities together, but to honor Black history. Juneteenth is celebration of Black history and culture, ...