FTS: Rediscovering Food: Websites

The ASFS was founded in 1985, with the goals of promoting the interdisciplinary study of food and society.

Ever wonder what foods the Vikings ate when they set off to explore the new world? How Thomas Jefferson made his ice cream? What the pioneers cooked along the Oregon Trail? Who invented the potato chip...and why? Welcome to the Food Timeline! Food history presents a fascinating buffet of popular lore and contradictory facts. Some people will tell you it's impossible to express this topic in exact timeline format. They are correct. Most foods we eat are not invented; they evolve.

From the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies at the University of North Texas. Includes an overview of the philosophy of food, bibliography, and links to related sites.