Slices of History

  • The Fascinating History of Joy of Cooking

    by Sandford Schirmer

    https://www.thenicerslicer.com/blogs/slices-of-history/joy-of-cooking

    This post is a riff on "Joy of Cooking," that classic book on American cuisine mentioned in our post Elevate Your Home Cooking. Many cooks know it has been in print for a long time, first published in 1936. But few cooks know that Irma S. Rombauer was a prominent socialite and hostess in St. Louis, Missouri.

  • A Brief History of Culinary Tools

    by Tina Bozzuto
      This is a review of a book I read last year: "Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat" by Bee Wilson, a British food writer. I picke...