Culinary Historians and Other Interested Persons


Culinary Historians

Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor: Ann Woodward, 2222 Fuller Rd., #801, Ann Arbor, MI 48105. CHAA meets at the Unitarian Church, 1917 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor.

Culinary Historians of Boston : Joe Carlin, www.foodbooks.com, 15 Kimball Ave. Ipswich, MA 01938-1206. 617-5645-1170.

Culinary Historians of Chicago: Meet at Chicago Historical Society. Membership person is Susan Ridgeway, 2113 Sanborn Circle, Plainfield, IL, 60544. Phone 815-439-3960. Or contact Dr. Bruce Craig at bcraig@roosevelt.edu.

Culinary Historians of Connecticut: Rob Stone, 59 Partridge Ct., Watertown, CT, 06795, 860-274-6526.

Culinary Historians of Hawaii: Nancy Lewis, 60 N. Beretania Apt. 3010, Honolulu, HI, 96817.

Historic Foodways Society of the Delaware Valley: Mercy Ingraham is the Membership Secretary. Her address 2 Water St. Hulmeville PA 19047.

Houston Culinary Historians: Membership chair is Cathleen Baird, the archivist at the Conrad Hilton Archives, at the Univ. of Houston (TX). You can write her at 1801-A Lexington, Houston, TX, 77007-7033; or call: w: 713/ 743-2470; h: 713/ 524-7717; e-mail: CBaird@uh.edu

Culinary Historians of New York: Sally O'Brien is membership chairman. Reach her at 445 East 80 th St., Apt. a, New York, NY 10021. CHNY has a contact phone number: 212-501-3738, which Sally checks regularly and sends out information.

Culinary Historians of Ontario, Toronto Region : Christine Ritsma, 207 Albert St., Stratford, Ontario, Canada N5A 3K7, 519-272-1949.

Culinary Historians of Southern California:Dan Strehl, L.A. Public Library, 630 West 5th St., Los Angles, CA 90071. You may also call 213-228-7102 or email Dan at dstrehl@lapl.org. Completed applications go to membership chair, Jackie Knowles, 522 Michillinda Way, Sierra Madre, CA 91024. http://www.lapl.org/admin/CulHist1.html

Culinary Historians of Washington : For now, contact their new president, Francine Berkowitz, 9407 Curran Rd. Silver Spring, MD 20901, or email her at fcb@ic.si.edu. CHOW meets at the library of Mt. Vernon College, Washington, DC.

Research Centre for the History of Food and Drink: An Australian group, based at the Univ. of Adelaide; Americans can join most easily by going to the Centre's website and signing up with a charge card. http://chomsky.arts.adelaide.edu.au/CentreFoodDrink/ A. Lynn Martin is the director and can be reached at Dept. of History, The Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, So. Australia 5005; phone 61-8-8303-5032, fax 61-8-8303 3443.



Other Interested Persons

American Institute of Wine and Food (AIWF). www.aiwf.org. AIWF, 1550 Bryant St., Ste.700, San Francisco, CA 94103; phone number is 415-255-3008, fax 415-255-2874.

American Southern Food Institute: for Southern Foodways. call 706-268-3776; or write to ASFI c/o Jan Shackelford, P.O. Box 313, Big Canoe, GA 30143.

Assoc. for Living History, Farm, and Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM). www.alhfam.org. For membership information contact Judith Sheriden, Sect./Treas., 8774 Rt. 45 NW, North Bloomfield, OH, 44450. Email at sheriden@orwell.net

Foodways Section of the American Folklore Society. American Folklore Society's address is 4350 N. Fairfax Dr. Ste. 640, Arlington, VA, 22203; 703-528-1902; or visit their website: http://www.afsnet.org, and look for information on membership, then scroll down to section memberships, Foodways section and Digest: An Interdisciplinary Study of Food and Foodways.

Radcliffe Culinary Friends.: A friends of the culinary collection at Schlesinger Library, RCG has a publication Radcliffe Culinary Times which often has articles by and appealing to food historians. Write them at RCF, Schlesinger Library, 10 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138.


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