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We bring the past to life through food. The Fork Front offers customized services and professional food history solutions to educational institutions, private corporations, non-profit organizations, and individuals. We provide high-quality consulting, researching, writing, speaking, editing and educational assistance and support, which cover all time periods and geographical areas of knowledge pertaining to food history from farm to table. Check out our Services section to learn more.
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Coming Soon- Food History Courses!
We are expanding our offerings! This autumn, The Fork Front will be begin offering courses about food history. Topics covered will enable you to explore reading, researching and writing food history in all shapes and sizes. Classes will be offered online and in-person in Washington, DC.
Check back in August for details about upcoming classes. Stay in the food loop by signing up for our e-newsletter to get the latest news and events on The Fork Front.
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The History of Ice Cream at the British Seaside
Ice cream is believed to have originated in China in the 2nd Century B.C. and existed in some form in Ancient Greece and Persia. The Venetian merchant, Marco Polo is rumored to have brought the cooled confection to the European Continent from his travels, although not all historians agree this is how ice cream made…
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SPAM
The company, Hormel Foods, the maker of SPAM®, was started by George A. Hormel in Austin, Minnesota in 1891. Originally, the company started as a local butchery and meal procurement business, whose business quickly expanded across the state and country. By the late 1920s, the company took up the canning of meats to expand its…
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Mock Dishes
Today, many people use alternative foods when they are allergic to common, mainstream foods such as milk, peanuts or the like. Many products made out of soy, almond or coconut serve as substitute foods in lieu of milk. Vegans also substitute foods, such as vegan bacon or vegan cheese, which are made from ingredients that…
Weekly Rations
Videos exploring the varied realm of wartime food and consumption practices.
Weekly Rations – Homemade Sausage Patties
The Hungry Historians Podcast
The Hungry Historians is a bi-weekly podcast by and for food historians and anyone interested in the history of food.
Join co-hosts Kelly Spring (The Fork Front) and Matt Phillpott (Honeybee Histories) as they explore food history from antiquity until today across the globe.
*The podcast is sponsored by Bloomsbury Food Library.
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