Eva Eliscu as an expert on the history and customs of Western dining. Eva is an etiquette expert for the 21st century. Instead of simply telling us to “mind our manners,” she explains where manners came from – why we dine the way we dine. –youtube
From the category archives:
Reference
By reading the newsletter articles by Bruce Kraig, President of the Culinary Historians of Chicago you will find many interesting sites, including
Key Ingredients: America by Food.
Do you want to share your interest in food history? Become a member of a Culinary History organization — Boston, New Orleans, Washington DC, Austin… See a list at the Culinary Historians of Boston website.
Flickr has some great kitchen photos…I’ve sorted through to find the best kitchen scenes. Right click on link to “Open in New Window.”
Vintage Reinactments
- Trying to Remember
- Vintage style apron
- Domino Sugar
- Mixed Reinactment
- 1950s Reinactment
- Whiskey Down
- Vintage Smoking
- Neighbors
- 1960s Reinactment
- Tea Shoppe Waitresses
- Present-day Fun Retro
- Thrift Store China
- 1957 Kitchen in [now defunct] ‘57 Heaven Museum
Good Old Days
- Cardwell-Electric House kitchen, circa 1957-59
- Vintage homemaker Ester
- 1954 kitchen
- Electric Ave house kitchen, circa 1957
- 1940s Housewife
- In the Kitchen
- 1940s housewife
- Amish Kitchen
- Mid-century modern kitchens – 15 pages
Tradition Lives On…
- Volunteer Kitchen I
- Volunteer Kitchen II
- International Housewife
- Her Child’s View of Thanksgiving
- Pearl Earrings & Canned Beans
- Cappelletti-making
- Measuring
- Pearls and Apron
- Betty Homemaker
- New Apron
- Cake for Breakfast, Eggs for Dinner
- Russian Turkey
- Domesticity
- Friends
- Good Brunch Hostess
- Hand Wash
- Husband’s View
- Thanksgiving Prep
- Topping Valentine Cupcakes
- Time for Thoughtfulness
- Taking a Joke
- Ms Christmas
- Time to Eat
- Cooking Teacher
- Clean Dishes
- At the Helm
- A Bright Day
- Rich Inheritance
- Complementary
- First Turkey
- Club-bearing
- Daily Life
- Easter
- The Stovetop is my nemesis
- Guilty Bowl
- Annas kitchen
- Loving What Is
- Outdoor Cooking
- Cookie Decorating
- Lightly flouring the surface
- Husband in his office, wife in her office
- Coaxing
- In the old kitchen
- Pizza Dough
- Working Quickly
- Crockpot
- Cutting onion
- Baking Cupcakes
- Concentration in the Kitchen
- Mother and Daughter
- Circa 1950s stove with center griddle
- Still Life with Percolator
The Food Timeline
A great reference. PDF will open in a new window.
Food Timeline created by Lynne Olver
Excellent. Scholarly. Recommend.
Alton Brown Fan Page: see left column “INDEX: Title” for Good Eats scripts
