Festival Foods

In the News . . .

• Lidia Celebrates America: Weddings: Something Borrowed, Something New [India, New Orleans, Korean-American, Italian-American and Irish-American] -- PBS Lidia Bastianich (2012)

• Albala, Ken. The Banquet: Dining in the Great Courts of Late Renaissance Europe. The University of Illinois, 2007.
  
  
• Ancient Sorcerer's "Wake" Was First Feast for the Dead? -- National Geographic News (30 August 2010)
  
  
• Baker, James W., and Peter J. Gomes. Thanksgiving: The Biography of an American Holiday. New Hampshire, 2009.
  
  
• Beahrs, Andrew. Twain's Feast: Searching for America's Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel Clemens, NY: Penguin, 2010. [ Thanksgiving]
  
  
• Bray, Tamara L. The Archaeology and Politics of Food and Feasting in Early States and Empires. Springer, 2003.
  
  
• Carey, Diana and Judy Large. Festivals Family and Food. Floris, 1996. [children's book]
  
  
• "The Coronation Ox," Ch. 6 of Bringéus, Nils-Arvid. Man, Food and Milieu: A Swedish Approach to Food Ethnology. Tuckwell, 2001.
  
  
• Countries / Cultures
  
  
  • Canada
    • Food festivals in Canada -- Wikipedia
      
      
  • Italy
    • Bianchi, Anne. Italian Festival Food: Recipes and Traditions from Italy's Regional Country Food Fairs. MacMillan, 1999.
    • Food festivals in Italy -- Wikipedia
    • Fraioli, James and Leonardo Curt. Food Festivals of Italy: Celebrated Recipes from 50 Food Fairs. Gibbs Smith, 2008.
    • Kostioukovitch, Elena. Why Italians Love to Talk About Food. NY: Farrar, Straus annd Girous, 2006. [English translation by Anne Milano Appel, 2009]
      • includes information on city/community festivals
        
        
  • Mexico
    • Calendar of Mexican food festivals -- Mexconnec
      
      
  • Serbia
    • Food festivals in Serbia -- Wikipedia
      
      
  • United States
    • Food festivals in the United States -- Wikipedia
    • Taste of Chicago -- Wikipedia
      
      
  • United Kingdom
    • List of Food Festivals (United Kingdom) -- Wikipedia
      
      
• Dietler, Michael and Brian Hayden (Eds.). Feasts: Archaeological and Ethnographic Pespectives on Food, Politics, and Power. University Alabama Press, 2010.
  
  
• First Clear Evidence of Organized Feasting by Early Humans -- ScienceDaily (30 August 2010)
  
  
• Fraioli, James and Leonardo Curt. Food Festivals of Italy: Celebrated Recipes from 50 Food Fairs. Gibbs Smith, 2008.
  
  
• Hall, C Michael and Liz Sharples. Food and Wine Festivals and Events Around the World: Development, management and markets. Butterworth-Heineman, 2008.
  
  
• Kavasch, E. Barrie. Enduring Harvests: Native American Foods and Festivals for Every Season. iUniverse, 2001.
  
  
• Kostioukovitch, Elena. Why Italians Love to Talk About Food. NY: Farrar, Straus annd Girous, 2006. [English translation by Anne Milano Appel, 2009]
  • includes information on city/community festivals
    
    
• Luard, Elisabeth. European Festival Food. London: Grub Street, 2009.
  
  
  • compare this with Luard, Elisabeth. European Peasant Cookery. London: Grub Street, 2007. [Be sure to read the "Introduction."]
    
    
• Oliver, Sandra L. Saltwater Foodways. Mystic Seaport Museum, 1970.
  
  
• Perl, Lila and Stanislao Dino Rigolo. Rice, Spice, and Bitter Oranges: Mediterranean Foods and Festivals. World, 1967.
  
  
• Russell, Tammy and Sarah Manning. Ingredients for a Jewish Life: Festivals, family and food. Robson, 2003.
  
  
• Toussaint-Samat, Maguelonne. A History of Food. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons/Blackwell 2009.