A humorous look at cookbooks and food ads from the 1930s through the `60s, including Oscar Mayer`s breakthrough "Sack O` Sauce in a Can O` Meat".

A retrospective of American food, cooking, eating and drinking, including heritage recipes, timeline, product jingles and feature articles about food history.

A tour of American supermarket history and architecture from the 1920s through today. Historical photographs, maps, area histories.

A short history of the potato with recipes, cultivation instructions, safety notes, a wine recipe, links and a bulletin board

Photographs and drawings of bottles and feeding utensils, descriptions of their use and their place and impact in society.

Online educational museum about everyone`s favorite subject, food. All about potatoes, rice, figs. Programs and curriculum for schools.

Food history publications by Patricia B. Mitchell. Documented anecdotal and written American traditions: colonial, Victorian, Civil War, ethnic, and Southern regional.

Origins of foods, historic recipes, extensive teaching resources and web links.

Histories of tea, coffee, cheese, chocolate and a compliation of mediveal recipes from a variety of cultures.

Chronology, origin and genealogy of sushi in Japan are concisely overviewed by a table and chart.

An examination of some food taboos that have shaped world history. (book excerpt)

A brief history of how the pineapple has served as both a food and a symbol throughout the human history of the Americas.

A Web site for the quarterly publication Food History News, a newsletter dedicated to the history of food in North America (and occasionally elsewhere).

Recipes, information, and notes about cooking in medieval Europe.

A dictionary of herbs, spices, and foods giving their historical, magical and medicinal qualities.

Articles on food history, science, recipes for kids, kitchenware and the political impact of food on society.

Native Roman Ingredients and conversions, as well as recipes.

An exhibit from the Cornell University Library. Includes information on early cookery books, food nutrition and science, kitchen technology, and food processing.

Database of menus stored in the Rare Book Room of the Los Angeles Public Library. Can be searched by keyword, cuisine, restaurant, or date.

An unofficial guild dedicated to the practice and promotion of pre-seventeenth century cookery in the Society for Creative Anachronism.

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.