Andrew F. Smith on the Origin of Thanksgiving
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2012 · Education
Andrew F. Smith, editor-in-chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, explores the origins of Thanksgiving, the myth, the turkey, and the making of a national holiday. Andrew F. Smith teaches culinary history and professional food writing at The New School University in Manhattan. He serves as a consultant to several food television productions (airing on the History Channel and the Food Network), and is the General Editor for the University of Illinois Press' Food Series. He has written several books on food, including The Tomato in America, Pure Ketchup, and Popped Culture: A Social History of Popcorn in America. In over 1,400 entries, the second edition of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America reflects the many changes in American food consciousness during the twenty-first century. http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/FoodWine/?view=usa&ci=9780199734962 (c) Oxford University Press USA 2012
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