Food history: How America (and the world) developed a taste for hot sauce and ‘spicy’ sweets

Setting out to solve this, an enterprising Louisiana banker named Edmund McIlhenny founded the Tabasco brand in 1868, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

2023 Food History Weekend

“Food, Climate and Community: How Women are Shaping the Future of Food” The National Museum of American History will host its ninth annual Food History Weekend Nov. 3 and 4, a multifaceted festival ...
Sacramento State University

New course explores importance of food to history and everyday life

Historians study food for many reasons, but Michael Collins likes to single one out in particular. “It speaks to the importance of the daily lives of common people,” said Collins, a Sacramento State ...
insider.si.edu

Smithsonian’s New “Cooking Up History” Series Explores How Women Chefs Sustain Their Communities Through Activism and Advocacy

This spring, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum and the Smithsonian Associates will offer a three-part “Cooking Up History” series.