12 Jan 2012, Posted by admin in EAT + DRINK, 0 Comments

Your Weekly Food History News Roundup

Because food history doesn’t have to be boring. A few of this week’s food history news bytes. Fine. At least they’re more interesting than most.

The New Yorker: “Sex, Figs, Italics” [Which gets us to that visual history of menus and one of my favorite books of the year, Menu Design in America: 1850-1985.]

Washington Post: Palate evolution [Exploring your personal food history timeline.]

Inside Bay Area: A new food + history walking tour in Oakland [Or, the perfect New Year's Resolution diet compromise.]

USA TODAY: Hostess files for bankruptcy. Again. [Or, yet another chapter in the life of your Twinkie.]

Market Watch: One if by land… [Yellowtail join the ranks of catfish to become the first sushi-grade yellowtail raised in tanks.]

Online Athens: New historical archive at University of Georgia opens [Food history bytes included.]