When trying to understand the history and culture of a group, the food they eat can be telling. What we eat is imbued with the story of who we are, where we came from, who we conquered, and who conquered us. Foodways refers to the intersection of food in culture, tradition, and history.
Cookbooks in the North Carolina Collection - explore some of the many historical cookbooks the North Carolina Collection holds
What's on the Menu? - The New York Public Library's archive of over 45,000 restaurant menus dating back to the 1840s.
Vintage Cookbooks - A collection of downloadable cookbooks from Archive.org and Google Books.
Feeding America - The Feeding America project has created an online collection of some of the most important and influential American cookbooks from the late 18th to early 20th century. The digital archive includes page images of 76 cookbooks from the MSU Library's collection as well as searchable full-text transcriptions.
The Food Museum - The museum research, collect, preserve, exhibit and explain the history and social significance of the world's most important foods, and bring artifacts and programs to audiences of all ages.
The New York Times Food Section - Find food and wine news and reviews on restaurants, recipes, cooking, desserts, chefs, fine dining, cuisine, and New York restaurants.
NPR's The Salt - The Salt is a blog from the NPR Science Desk about what we eat and why we eat it.
Southern Foodways Alliance - The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
Four Pounds Flour - a blog focused on 18th and 19th century American cuisine.
The Food Timeline - This source places hundreds of foods on a historical timeline. Created by a reference librarian, Food timeline also includes the histories, descriptions, and historical recipes of the foods included.