Food and Society

The Barcelona Haggadah. (British Library BL Add. MS 14761, f. 24v), Catalonia, Spain, [14th century] and accompanying commentary volume by Jeremy Schonfeld, Raphael Loewe, David Goldstein, and Malachi Beit-Arié. London: Facsimile Editions, 1992.2 vols.
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Call No: Special Collections

Berriedale-Johnson, Michelle. The Victorian Cookbook. New York: Interlink Books, 1989.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No: TX717 .B47 1989

Carson, Barbara G. Ambitious Appetites: Dining, Behavior, and Patterns of Consumption in Federal Washington. Washington: American Institute of Architects Press, 1990.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No: F196 .C33 1990

Coffin, Sarah D., et al. Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table 1500–2005. New York: Assouline, in association with Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 2006.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No: NK8450 .F43 2006

Coleman, Feay Shellman. Nostrums for Fashionable Entertainments: Dining in Georgia, 1800–1850. Savannah: Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Incorporated, 1992.
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Call No: NK2117 .D5 C65 1992

Cromley, Elizabeth Collins. The Food Axis: Cooking, Eating and the Architecture of American Houses. Charlottesville and London: University of Virginia Press, 2010.
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Call No: NA7205 .C76 2010

Eden, Trudy. The Early American Table: Food and Society in the New World . Dekalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2008.
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Call No: GT2853 .U5 E34 2008

Feild, Rachael. Irons in the Fire: A History of Cooking Equipment. Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire: The Crowood Press, 1984.
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Call No: NK4695 .K5 F5

The Food Timeline. Accessed August 8, 2014.
http://www.foodtimeline.org/index.html

Glanville, Philippa and Hilary Young, eds. Elegant Eating: Four Hundred Years of Dining in Style. London: V&A Publications; New York: Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, 2002.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No: NK8725 .E43 2002

Huegel, Inès. Laying the Elegant Table: China, Faience, Porcelain, Majolica, Glassware, Flatware, Tureens, Platters, Trays, Centerpieces, Tea Sets.
New York: Rizzoli; Enfield: Publishers Group UK, 2006.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No: NK8725 .H48 2006

Museum Plantin-Moretus. L’Europe a Table: une exploration de notre univers gastronomique.
Deurne-Antwerpen: Ortelius Series, 1993.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No: TX641 .E97 1993

Musée d’Orsay. À table au XIXe siècle.
Paris: Musée d’Orsay, 2001.
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Call No: N8217 .D67 A83 2001

Noël Hume, Audrey. Food. Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1978.
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Call No: F234 .W7 N63 1978

“Buttholf Collection of Menus.” NYPL Digital Collections. Accessed September 19, 2014.
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/the-buttolph-collection-of-menus#/?tab=navigation

Paston-Williams, Sara. The Art of Dining: A History of Cooking and Eating . London: National Trust, 1993.
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Call No: N8217 .D67 P37 1993

Riley, Gillian. A Feast for the Eyes. London: National Gallery Publications; New York: Distributed by Yale University Press, 1997.
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Call No: N8217 .F64 R552 1997

Riley, Gillian. Renaissance Recipes.
San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, 1993.
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Call No: N8217 .F74 R55 1993

Smith, Andrew F., ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
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Call No: Reading Room TX349 .E45 2004
v. 1-2

Strauss, David. Setting the Table for Julia Child: Gourmet Dining in America, 1934–1961. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
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Call No: GT2853 .U5 S77 2011

Tannahill, Reay. Food in History.
London: The Folio Society, 2007.
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Call No: GT2850 .T34 2007

Thirsk, Joan. Food in Early Modern England: Phases, Fads, Fashions 1500–1760. London: Hambledon Continuum, 2006.
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Call No: GT2853 .G7 T48 2007
University of Delaware Library. An American Feast: Food, Dining, and Entertainment in the United States from Simmons to Rombauer. Accessed August 8, 2014.
http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/american.htm#cookbooks

University of Houston Libraries. Digital Library. 1850s and 1860s Hotel and Restaurant Menus. Accessed August 28, 2014.
http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/p15195coll34

University of Nevada Las Vegas. University Libraries. Digital Collections. Menus: The Art of Dining. Accessed July 24, 2014.
http://digital.library.unlv.edu/collections/menus

Visser, Margaret. Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos, of an Ordinary Meal. New York: Grove Press, 1986
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Call No: GT2860 .V57 1987

Visser, Margaret. The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners. New York: Penguin, 1992.
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Call No: BJ2041 .V57 1992

Wheaton, Barbara Ketcham. Savoring the Past: The French Kitchen and Table from 1300 to 1789. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983.
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Call No: DC33.2 .W53 1983

Williams, Susan. Savory Suppers and Fashionable Feasts: Dining in Victorian America. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1996.
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Call No: GT2853 .U5 W54 1996

Winterman, Denise. “Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner: Have We Always Eaten Them?” BBC News Magazine November 14, 2012. Accessed August 21, 2014.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20243692


Food and Art

Adrià, Ferran, Brett Littman, and Richard Hamilton. Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity. New York, NY: Drawing Center, 2014.
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Call No: TX945.5 .B85 A4 2014 ADRIA FERRAN

Barter, Judith A., ed. Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture and Cuisine.
Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No: ND1460 .F64 A78 2013

Bendiner, Kenneth. Food in Painting: From the Renaissance to the Present. London:
Reaktion Books, 2004.
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Call No: ND1460 .F64 B46 2004

Boger, Ann C. Consuming Passions: The Art of Food and Drink.
Cleveland: Extensions Division, Dept. of Art History and Education,
Cleveland Museum of Art, 1983.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No: NX650 .F6

Chicago, Judy, Frances Borzello, Jane F. Gerhard. The Dinner Party: Restoring Women to History. New York: Monacelli
Press, 2014.
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Call No: N6537 .C48 D56 2014 CHICAGO

Clifton, Claire.
The Art of Food: Culinary Inspirations from the Paintings of the Great Masters.
Secaucus: The Wellfleet Press, 1988.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No: ND1460 .F64 C54 1988

Fontanel, Béatrice. Daily Life in Art.
New York: H.N. Abrams, 2006.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No: ND1450 .F66 2006

Kinchin, Juliet and Aidan O’Connor.
Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen.
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2011.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No: NK2117 .K5 K56 2011

Malaguzzi, Silvia, translated by Brian Phillips. Food and Feasting in Art. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum,2008.
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Call No: Reading Room N8127 .F64 M25 2008
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

Culinary Masterpieces.
New York: Rizzoli, 1993.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No: TX714 .C833 1993

Riley, Gillian. Impressionist Picnics.
San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, 1993.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No: TX719 .R54 1993

Smith, Stephanie, ed. Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art. Chicago: Smart
Museum of Art, University of Chicago, 2013.
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Call No: N8217 .D67 F43 2013


The Creative Process

Cornell, Alex, ed. Breakthrough! 90 Proven Strategies to Overcome Creative Block &
Spark Your Imagination.
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2012.
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Call No: N71 .B74 2012

Farrell, Michael P. Collaborative Circles: Friendship Dynamics & Creative Work.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No: NX160 .F37 2001

Hegarty, John. Hegarty on Creativity: There Are No Rules. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2014.
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Call No: N71 .H44 2014

Kimmelman, Michael. The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa. New
York: The Penguin Press, 2005.
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Call No: N71 .K562 2005

Runco, Mark A., Steven R. Pritzker. Encyclopedia of Creativity. San Diego: Academic Press, 1999.
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Call No: Reading Room BF408 .E53 1999

Stokes. Patricia D. Creativity from Constraints: The Psychology of Breakthrough. New
York: Springer Pub. Co., 2006.
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Call No: BF408 .S78 2006


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