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Introduction
In addition to the collections highlighted in previous pages focusing on cookbooks and recipes, there are a lot of freely available digital collections covering food, chefs, food culture, and food history. Browse the resources below for a place to get started!
Online Collections
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Food History (Smithsonian National Museum of American History)The National Museum of American History's mission is to "empower people to create a just and compassionate future by exploring, preserving, and sharing the complexity of our past."
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Food: Transforming the American Table (Smithsonian National Museum of American History)From the impact of new technologies to the influence of social and cultural changes, the museum's permanent food history exhibition explores the transformation of food and drink in post-World War II America.
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Food (Digital Public Library of America)The Digital Public Library of America empowers people to learn, grow, and contribute to a diverse and better-functioning society by maximizing access to our shared history, culture, and knowledge.
Audio & Oral History Collections
In this box you'll find oral histories and interviews about food and food culture across contexts.
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Traditional Foodways of Native America: Oral Histories of Native Food Revitalization (The Cultural Conservancy)"This audio journey features contemporary Native American community leaders and traditional food gatherers sharing diverse stories of native foodways, their cultural knowledge and practices of indigenous nutrition and health."
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Audio Collection of Julia Child, 1961-1995 (Harvard)This collection includes radio interviews with Julia Child and Simone Beck, public speaking engagements, musical performances in Child's honor, and Public Service Announcements.