The Fork Front - Kelly Spring
@theforkfront
Consulting, researching and writing about food history.
Join us for our President's Address on 22 November to hear incoming president Professor Lucy Noakes (Essex) speak on 'War and Peace: Mass Observation, Memory and the Ends of the Second World War in Britain'. The lecture will be preceded by our AGM at 6pm and followed by a drinks…
On Thursday, 26 September, the IHR Food History Seminar will kick off the academic year with a presentation by Anne Murcott (Nottingham). To see the full autumn seminar schedule and book a place, please visit the seminar's webpage: history.ac.uk/seminars/food-…
It’s autumn so time for all things pumpkin! 🍂 🎃 Find my recipe for a 17th century Pumpion Pie, and its history, in this month’s BBC History Magazine @HistoryExtra ! Plus my review of @dr_neil_buttery ‘s lovely new book Knead to Know 👩🍳
Happy Chuseok to all my Korean friends! 즐겁고 풍성한 한가위 되세요! 🇰🇷
For any engaged in post-debate arguments with people pushing "Haitians eat dogs" claims, here's a nice article quoting reputable food historians on how this xenophobic scaremongering has a long history in America: apnews.com/article/haitia… Share it with people who need to hear it.
apnews.com
From Chinese to Italians and beyond, maligning a culture via its foods is a longtime American habit
It’s a practice that’s about as American as apple pie — accusing immigrant and minority communities of engaging in bizarre or disgusting behaviors when it comes to what and how they eat and drink.
Our booth at Saturday's D.C. State Fair was a great success! We had almost 200 people stop by to find out what we do and talk about food history.
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