Organizations
- Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS)
- Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor
- Foodways Group of Austin
- Culinary Historians of Boston
- Culinary Historians of Chicago
- Culinary Historians of New York
- Culinary Historians of Ontario
- Culinary Historians of Northern California
- Culinary Historians of Southern California
- Culinary History Enthusiasts of Wisconsin (CHEW)
- Genesee Valley Food History Guild
- Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance
- New Orleans Culinary History Group
- Slow Food
- Southern Foodways Alliance
Library Collections – Including on-line texts and exhibitions
Resources marked with an asterisk are links that lead directly to information about culinary history resources. Otherwise you must search the general catalog. Try searching subject headings such as “food history,” “cookery—history,” and “gastronomy” for an overview of the collections.
For information about other culinary collections visit this link.
- Cornell University*
- Duke University
- Hagley Museum and Library. Search under “Research Information.”
- Indiana University*
- Johnson and Wales University
- Kansas State University Rare Books Collection* and Rare Books Exhibits*
- Library and Archives of Canada. Search under Online Research*
- Library of Congress and Library of Congress Science Reference Services*
- Los Angeles Public Library*
- Michigan State University Libraries*
- Michigan State University Libraries, Historic American Cookbook Project
- New York Academy of Medicine
- Project Gutenberg. E-cookbooks; search by title and author
- Rutgers University*
- Rutgers University Sinclair Jerseyana Cookbook Collection
- Schlesinger Library Collections*
- Smithsonian Institution. For CHoW collection search keyword “Culinary Historians.”
- Tulane University. See especially Nadine Vorhoff collection.
- University of Adelaide
- University of California at Davis
- University of Delaware*
- University of Iowa. Search Szathmary* for pamphlets and manuscripts.
- University of Miami, Special Collections
- University of Michigan Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive
- University of Pennsylvania and A Chef and His Library Exhibit*
- University of Washington, Special Collections
- Virginia Tech. Search keyword “Peacock Harper.”
For information about more collections, see Selective Guide to Library Collections.* Tables of contents, pp. 12 and 20.
Reference
- The Cook’s Thesaurus
- Culinary History Timeline (Social History, Manners & Menus)
- Food History News (Be sure to look at the Museum Directory)
- The Food Museum
- FoodReference.com
- The Food Timeline
- History Cooks: “The Food Journal of Lewis & Clark: Recipes for an Expedition”
- Julia Child’s Kitchen
- Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery
Academic Programs
- University of Barcelona*
- Boston University Graduate program in Gastronomy
- New York University Steinhardt Department of Nutrition and Food Studies
- University of Adelaide Graduate degree in Gastronomy
- University of Adelaide. Research Center for Food and Drink