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hpsvanessa.bsky.social
Strongly recommend going to seminars that end with a whisky tasting (Jonathan Reinarz on the history of the “noses” and smell in alcohol production) #HIstSTM #HistFood
A snifter of whisky on a long board meeting table, boxes and bottles of whisky littered about, a powerpoint in a big screen beyond
January 21, 2026 at 5:24 PM
hpsvanessa.bsky.social
Fascinating essay on *why* some cultures are terrified of reheating rice and others just...do it every day.
The justification cycle - racialised thinking, call to science, appeal to long past and/or 'traditional' wisdom - seems universal for this sort of food story #histFood
Grain of Terror
Why is the Western world so afraid of reheating rice? Joe Zadeh reports. Illustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath
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January 19, 2026 at 6:58 PM
alexandreklein.bsky.social
(Parution) Histoire de la nutrition au Sénégal. Des fondements précoloniaux aux défis contemporains histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/12/hist... #histfood #histSTM
December 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
junehawk.bsky.social
Great video.
The title buries the lede, it's actually about the state of street food vending in NYC.

Catherine Piccoli from the Museum of Food and Drink makes an appearance.

#foodstudies #histfood #foodhistory

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-8n...
Where NYC’s Breakfast Carts Get Ingredients | Big Business | Business Insider
YouTube video by Business Insider
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December 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
junehawk.bsky.social
Amelia Simmons' Pompkin Pudding No. 1.
#histfood #foodhistory #culinaryhistory #historicalfoodways

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Amelia Simmons Pompkin Pudding No. 1 - HISTORICAL FOODWAYS
After I made the American Cookery Pompkin Pudding No. 2, I still had quite a bit of pumpkin puree and pie pastry left, so I decided to tackle the other pumpkin pudding recipe in...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
junehawk.bsky.social
It seems like a good time, if a bit late, to share two pumpkin pies I made over 10 years ago now from Amelia Simmons' American Cookery, published in 1796 and considered the first cookbook written and published in what is now the US.
#histfood #foodhistory

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Amelia Simmons Pompkin Pudding No. 2 - HISTORICAL FOODWAYS
It’s Fall in the Northern Hemisphere and it seems everyone in the United States becomes obsessed with pumpkin as soon as the first leaves turn.  It’s pumpkin lattes, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin cookies, ...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
alexandreklein.bsky.social
(À paraître) La poutine : Culture et identité d'un pays incertain #histfood www.leslibraires.ca/livres/le-pl...
August 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
junehawk.bsky.social
A followup to my previous post about commercial yeast.

"A Quick Primer on Preferments: The Secret Sauce of Great Bread"

#foodhistory #histfood #culinaryhistory #foodculture

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A Quick Primer on Preferments: The Secret Sauce of Great Bread
Pre-ferments are like marinating, but for bread. You could skip them, but why would you want to when they make everything better? And no, it's not just sourdough.
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August 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
hpsvanessa.bsky.social
Horay! Yes it is me in your earholes again - somehow going from the Arctic to cornflakes, as you do (I can only connect them by sharing this photo advertising an arts event in Oslo where I saw the first boat to sail the north west passage #tenuous) 🗃️ #WhichKelloggDoYouRootFor
#HistSTM #HistFood
Poster showing the naked torso of a topless person facing away pouring a box of kellogg’s cornflakes over their head. Norwegian text advertises an art show, including burlesque “SALT FESTIVALSTEMNING HELE ÅRET Konserter, teater, slam humor, drag, burlesque klovn, impro og mer!”
July 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
gpetrick.bsky.social
Grant submitted and sooooo many tabs and files closed. #histenv #histtch #histfood
July 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
junehawk.bsky.social
My latest newsletter is out today!

#foodhistory #histfood #culinaryhistory

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The Wine Soup Experiment
In the name of historical food research, I attempted a 1904 German recipe for wine soup. Despite my best efforts (and modern tools), the result was less than successful.
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July 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
junehawk.bsky.social
When a trip to a packed Brooklyn grocery store led me to try my hand at making a UNESCO-listed Uzbek dish.

#foodculture #foodhistory #histfood #plov
Samarkand Plov
When a trip to a packed Brooklyn grocery store led me to try my hand at making a UNESCO-listed Uzbek dish.
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June 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
junehawk.bsky.social
Let us eat cake!
I wrote a little bit about the vintage cake trend, its history, and its cultural context.
It’s June’s free newsletter; check it out!

#foodhistory #histfood #foodculture #culinaryhistory

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The Vintage Cake Trend and Nostalgic Excess
Until relatively recently, I hadn’t heard of this trend, but, lately, I can’t scroll through Instagram without seeing another wildly ornate, pastel-colored cake, sometimes in muted colors like sage gr...
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June 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
girlinthe.bsky.social
CHOCOLATE TASTING and food history lectures at @rcpmuseum.bsky.social next month. Wednesday 18 June, 6pm. history.rcp.ac.uk/event/healin... #histmed #histfood
Healing words: summer lectures | RCP Museum
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May 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
crowgirl42.bsky.social
A few more primary sources on food adulteration? I'm angry, so why not. #histmed #histsci #histfood

This gem's from 1757...
Poison detected: or frightful truths; and alarming to the British metropolis. In a treatise on bread; and the abuses practised in making that food ... : Markham, Peter : Free Download, Borrow, and Str...
4 unnumbered pages, 75 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 21 cm (8vo.)
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May 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
crowgirl42.bsky.social
Further to this, here's what you get for 'food adulteration' from the MHL (please note: I have a rant and it isn't short about how irregular our metadata is so this is NOT comprehensive, but it's a starting place.) #histmed #histfood #histsci
May 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
crowgirl42.bsky.social
Here's a thread of primary sources on food adulteration, starting with a title from 1822. #histmed #histfood
A treatise on adulterations of food, and culinary poisons : exhibiting the fraudulent sophistications of bread, beer, wine, spirituous liquors, tea, coffee, cream, confectionery, vinegar, mustard, pep...
Includes bibliographical references
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May 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
sexhistorian.bsky.social
Digging through 1970s issues of Community Care magazine for social workers' responses to fuel poverty, and I'm coming across so much interesting stuff on Meals-on-Wheels. Please tell me someone excellent has written a history of Meals-on-Wheels I can read? #HistMed #HistFood
April 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
junehawk.bsky.social
My latest piece, published on Substack today.
#foodhistory #histfood #histmed

“It’s not like pie, it’s healthy”: A Pictorial History of Knox Gelatine’s Strange Career open.substack.com/pub/historic...
“It’s not like pie, it’s healthy”: A Pictorial History of Knox Gelatine’s Strange Career
Readers, this post is picture-heavy and thus too long for email.
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April 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
historybeagle.bsky.social
Absolutely fascinating. #HistMed #HistFood
March 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
leannecalvert.bsky.social
Does anyone know if 'Ulster Folklife' is available to search online? I can't seem to find a way (other than BBIH). I'm looking for folklore on food & courtship/marriage customs with an Ulster focus TIA #Food #Folklore #HistFam #HistFood #FoodHistory Will save me a bit of time...
March 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
wisdompedlars.bsky.social
ELIZABETH RAFFALD 1771 COOKERY Plates ENGLISH HOUSE KEEPER RECIPES Signed

#books #antiquarian #cookery #history #histfood #recipes #18thcentury #signed #Georgian #food #bookauction
bit.ly/4hlpEtR
March 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
wisdompedlars.bsky.social
Signed by the author to counter piracy.

ELIZABETH RAFFALD 1771 COOKERY Plates ENGLISH HOUSE KEEPER RECIPES Signed

#books #antiquarian #cookery #history #histfood #recipes #18thcentury #signed #Georgian #food #bookauction
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March 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
maggiesimon.bsky.social
This seventeenth-century measles "remedy" hits a little different in the US at the moment. #HistMed #EMROCTranscribes #MedHums #HistSci #HistFood #EnvHums
seventeenth-century manuscript page with a remedy for measles and smallpox
March 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
maggiesimon.bsky.social
Pro tip if you need some empty snail shells: "Take garden snayles and lay them by the fir side the hete whereof will cause the snayles to creepe out" No guidance for what to do, then, with the unhoused snails (from a recipe for kidney stones) #EMROCTranscribes #HistSci #HistFood #HISTSTM #EnvHums
March 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM