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- The Burgoo Page
http://www.angelfire.com/ky/burgoo - Burgoo history and information. What is it? Where to get it? Who eats it?
- Renaissance and Medieval Food and Drink
http://scils.rutgers.edu/~sroczyns/food.html - An annotated bibliography of historical sites on the WWW about European food and drink during the Renaissance and Middle Ages.
- Medieval/Renaissance Food Homepage
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food.html - Articles, recipes, and summaries of books about Renaissance and Medieval cooking.
- Friends of the Pea [Soup]
http://members.aol.com/gourmetpa/index.htm - A site dedicated to the preservation of the old custom in Sweden of having pea soup on Thursdays.
- The Spelt Pages
http://www.spelt.com - Information site discussing the reintroduction and development of the ancient grain spelt Spelt is an ancient grain, a "grandparent" of modern wheats
- Food History News
http://foodhistorynews.com - A Web site for the quarterly publication Food History News, a newsletter dedicated to the history of food in North America (and occasionally elsewhere).
- Potato!
http://www.indepthinfo.com/potato/ - A short history of the potato with recipes, cultivation instructions, safety notes, a wine recipe, links and a bulletin board
- The Gallery of Regrettable Food
http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/ - Humorous articles satirizing cookbooks and food ads from the '30s through the '60s, including Meat! Meat! Meat! and The Unbearable Sadness of Vegetables.
- A Chaucerian Cookery
http://www.godecookery.com/chaucer/ccookery.htm - 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.
- foodhistory.com
http://www.foodhistory.com - Food history publications by Patricia B. Mitchell. Documented anecdotal and written American traditions: colonial, Victorian, Civil War, ethnic, and Southern regional.
- Cindy Renfrow
http://www.thousandeggs.com/ - Author of transcription/redaction of several fifteenth century European cookbooks. Food links.
- Agropolis Museum
http://museum.agropolis.fr/english/default.htm - A science center dealing with topics such as food, nutrition, agriculture, with a historical approach on a worldwide scale.
- Ancient Roman Dishes
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/wchuang/cooking/recipes/Roman/Ancient_Roman.html - Recipes from Ancient Rome.
- Canned Food 101
http://geocities.com/cannedfood101/ - A site that describes the creation of canned food, how cans preserve food, and the inventor of canned food.
- History of Turkish Cuisine
http://palette.ecn.purdue.edu/~akcali/history.cuisine.html - A report on the three eras of Turkish cooking development.
- Army Subsistence History
http://www.qmfound.com/army_subsistence_history.htm - 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.
- Lothene - A Short History of Porridge
http://www.lothene.demon.co.uk/crafts5.html - A brief history of the traditional Scottish dish from Roman times to the present.
- American Food Century
http://www.geocities.com/foodedge/ - A retrospective of American food, cooking, eating and drinking, including heritage recipes, timeline, product jingles and feature articles about food history.
- Tips on Tables
http://www.tipsontables.com/ - 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.
- The Stewpot Period Culinary Guild
http://home.earthlink.net/~smcclune/stewpot/ - An unofficial guild dedicated to the practice and promotion of pre-seventeenth century cookery in the Society for Creative Anachronism.
- Not by Bread Alone: America's Culinary Heritage
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/food/ - An exhibit from the Cornell University Library. Includes information on early cookery books, food nutrition and science, kitchen technology, and food processing.
- The A - Z of Exotic Foods
http://www.menumagazine.co.uk/book/azfood.htm - A dictionary of herbs, spices, and foods giving their historical, magical and medicinal qualities.
- Medieval Cookery
http://www.medievalcookery.com - Recipes, information, and notes about cooking in medieval Europe.
- The History of Baby Feeding
http://www.babybottle-museum.co.uk/ - Photographs and drawings of bottles and feeding utensils, descriptions of their use and their place and impact in society.
- In the Devil's Garden: A History of Sin and Forbidden Food
http://www.geocities.com/inthedevilsgarden/index.html - An examination of some food taboos that have shaped world history. (book excerpt)
- Symbolism of the Pineapple
http://www.levins.com/pineapple.html - A brief history of how the pineapple has served as both a food and a symbol throughout the human history of the Americas.
- The Food Museum
http://www.foodmuseum.com/ - Online educational museum about everyone's favorite subject, food. All about potatoes, rice, figs. Programs and curriculum for schools.
- The Smorgasbord
http://www.the-smorgasbord.com/ - Articles on food history, science, recipes for kids, kitchenware and the political impact of food on society.
- Culinary Events Calendar
http://www.foodreference.com/html/historicevents.html - A calendar of food-related historical events, anniversaries and discoveries. Overview of the month and day by day listings.
- Sushi History
http://homepage3.nifty.com/maryy/eng/sushi_history.htm - Chronology, origin and genealogy of sushi in Japan are concisely overviewed by a table and chart.
- History of Food
http://www.gol27.com/HistoryFood.html - Histories of tea, coffee, cheese, chocolate and a compliation of mediveal recipes from a variety of cultures.
- Applebee's Founders
http://applebees-founder.com/ - First-person history of the fast-casual chain, from its founding to its acquisition by W.R. Grace.
- When did it Happen?
http://whendidithappen.com/restaurants/ - Restaurant franchise timeline from 1916 to 1999, compiled by Dacy Nottingham. Includes links to franchise sites.
- The Food Timeline
http://www.foodtimeline.org/ - Origins of foods, historic recipes, extensive teaching resources and web links.
- Antique Roman Dishes- Collection
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/ant-rom-coll.html - Native Roman Ingredients and conversions, as well as recipes.
- Leite's Culinaria, Inc: Dining Through the Decades
http://www.leitesculinaria.com/writings/features/dining1.html - A detailed recap of the food, trends and chefs of the 20th century. Recipes included.
- Did You Bring Bottles?
http://www.groceteria.com/ - A tour of American supermarket history and architecture from the 1920s through today. Historical photographs, maps, area histories.
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