» 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.
» 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.
» Did You Bring Bottles?
A tour of American supermarket history and architecture from the 1920s through today. Historical photographs, maps, area histories.
» 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).
» 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.
» 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.
» The Food Museum
Online educational museum about everyone's favorite subject, food. All about potatoes, rice, figs. Programs and curriculum for schools.
» The Gallery of Regrettable Food
Humorous articles satirizing cookbooks and food ads from the '30s through the '60s, including Meat! Meat! Meat! and The Unbearable Sadness of Vegetables.
» The History of Baby Feeding
Photographs and drawings of bottles and feeding utensils, descriptions of their use and their place and impact in society.
» 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.
» 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.
» foodhistory.com
Food history publications by Patricia B. Mitchell. Documented anecdotal and written American traditions: colonial, Victorian, Civil War, ethnic, and Southern regional.