Historians study food for many reasons, but Michael Collins likes to single one out in particular. “It speaks to the importance of the daily lives of common people,” said Collins, a Sacramento State ...

The history of cooking is more than a chain of recipes. It’s a saga of innovators who transformed food from sustenance into art, science, and culture. These chefs didn’t just cook. They redefined ...

The Big Ideas: What Is History? How we cook and what we eat are an intimate reflection of our personal and collective pasts. By Jacques Pépin Jacques Pépin has been a chef and educator for more than ...

Since stepping forth from the ashes of the Civil War, the City of Atlanta has been egregiously underrated as a food town. Infrequently credited for its contributions to global cuisine (you’re welcome ...

In the history of cooking, there has been no more challenging environment than those craft in which humans took to the skies. The tale begins with meals aboard balloons and zeppelins, where cooking ...

Samuel Dorf is cooking up a yearlong exploration of how food connects people, places and stories. As University of Dayton’s Alumni Chair in the Humanities, Dorf has organized programming around the ...