H-Nutrition

H-Net's Network dedicated to the history of nutrition and related fields.

A network for those interested in the history of nutrition and related fields. This network is intended for the growing number of scholars, teachers, documentary filmmakers, and museum and library professionals engaged with the history of nutrition in any time period or region.

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Source of the Month: The New York Public Library’s Menu Collection

Josh Levy •06/22/2023 Discussion

June’s source of the month is a partially-digitized collection of menus dating from the 1840s to the present, available online via the New York Public Library.

The New York Public Library’s menu collection is housed in its Rare Book Division, and originated through the efforts of Miss Frank E. Buttolph (1850-1924), who began to collect menus on the Library's behalf in 1900. Miss Buttolph added more than 25,000 menus to the collection before leaving the Library in 1924. The collection has continued to grow through additional gifts of graphic, gastronomic, topical, or sociological interest

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CFP: AHILA 2024: La circulación de conocimientos y prácticas culinarias y de ciencias alimentarias entre América Latina y Europa (siglos XIX y XX)

Andrew Ruis •06/20/2023 Discussion
CFP: AHILA 2024: La circulación de conocimientos y prácticas culinarias y de ciencias alimentarias entre América Latina y Europa (siglos XIX y XX) 
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Discussion published by Teresa Huhle on Friday, June 9, 2023

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

CONGRESO AHILA

Asociación de Historiadores Latinoamericanistas Europeos

Nápoles, Italia, 2-6 de septiembre de 2024

 

SIMPOSIO

La circulación de conocimientos y prácticas culinarias y de ciencias alimentarias entre América Latina y Europa (siglos XIX y XX)

El simposio propone presentar y discutir ponencias que aborden los amplios entrelazamientos transatlánticos

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CFP: Basic Foodstuff Policies in Times of Crisis (17th-20th Century)

Andrew Ruis •06/20/2023 Discussion

X-posted from H-Environment.

Call for Papers: Basic Foodstuff Policies in Times of Crisis (17th-20th Century) 

Discussion published by Richard Herzog on Thursday, June 15, 2023

We welcome paper proposals for the Workshop "Basic foodstuff policies in times of crisis (17th-20th century)"

Marburg (Germany), 10-11 August 2023

 

​Not only did the Covid-19 pandemic threaten health security, it has also led to a lasting disruption of food supply lines. Noodles, bread and flour were temporarily unavailable in supermarkets. In addition, it has led to a rapid shortage of certain basic necessities

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Review: Berth on Frens-String, 'Hungry for Revolution: The Politics of Food and the Making of Modern Chile'

Andrew Ruis •06/20/2023 Discussion
Berth on Frens-String, 'Hungry for Revolution: The Politics of Food and the Making of Modern Chile'
Author: 
Joshua Frens-String
Reviewer: 
Christiane Berth

Joshua Frens-String. Hungry for Revolution: The Politics of Food and the Making of Modern Chile. Oakland: University of California Press, 2021. xiv + 305 pp. $34.95 (e-book), ISBN 978-0-520-97475-3; $34.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-520-34337-5.

Reviewed by Christiane Berth (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz) Published on H-LatAm (June, 2023) Commissioned by Casey M. Lurtz (Johns Hopkins University)

Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf

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