THE FOOD HISTORIANSarah Wassberg Johnson is The Food Historian, an academic and public historian focusing on the intersection of food, history, and culture in America.THE FOOD HISTORIAN Sarah Wassberg Johnson brings academic rigor to American food history, exploring the intersections of agriculture, women's roles, ethnicity, and rural
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The best cooking conversations happen when you're not thinking about the conversation at all. They flow naturally – a quick question about seasoning here, a timing check there – just like chatting with a friend who happens to know their way around the kitchen. This latest release of ChefTalk brings
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That familiar beeping pulls you away from whatever you're doing to check on your cooking. But sometimes you arrive to find onions that needed another minute, or a sauce that was actually ready two minutes ago. It's not that timers are wrong—they're essential
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You can make your grandmother's pasta sauce with your eyes closed, but try folding dumplings or baking a loaf of bread, and suddenly you're back to reading every word twice, double-checking measurements, and feeling like you've never held a spatula before. If this sounds
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Picture this: You're driving to a new restaurant. Do you print out directions and keep glancing at them while navigating traffic? Of course not. You use a map app, whether on your car's screen or your phone, because we all now prefer a hands-free driving experience.
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For generations, we've learned to cook at home from cookbooks, handwritten recipes, treasured notes passed down through the ages, or nowadays from online videos and cooking blogs. If we're lucky, we also had the patient guiding hand of a family member, a friend with exceptional cooking
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