Ken Albala
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Other names | Kenneth Albala |
Occupation(s) | Professor, author, blogger |
Years active | 1990–present |
Ken Albala is Professor of History at the University of the Pacific (United States)[1] and director of the Food Studies MA program in San Francisco.[2] He has authored or edited 23 books on food.[3][4] and co-authored "The Lost Art of Real Cooking" and "The Lost Arts of Hearth and Home."[5][6][7][8] He has made numerous appearances in media[9] and at conferences discussing food issues[10][11] He is featured on the DVD: "Food: A Cultural Culinary History."[12]
Bibliography
- Books
- Eating Right in the Renaissance, University of California Press, 2002.ISBN 9780520229471[13]
- Food in Early Modern Europe, Greenwood Press, 2003.ISBN 0313319626[14]
- Opening Up North America, with Caroline Cox, Facts on File, 2005. Revised ed, 2009.ISBN 1604131969[15]
- Cooking in Europe: 1250-1650, Greenwood Press, 2006.ISBN 0313330964[16]
- The Banquet: Dining in the Great Courts of Late Renaissance Europe, U. of Illinois Press, 2007.[8]
- Beans: A History, Berg Publishers, 2007.ISBN 1845204301[17]
- Pancake, Reaktion Press, 2008. Translated into Japanese 2013.ISBN 9781861893925[18]
- The Lost Art of Real Cooking, with Rosanna Nafziger, Perigee/Penguin, 2010. ISBN 0399535888[19]
- Three World Cuisines: Italian, Mexican, Chinese. AltaMira Press, 2012. ISBN 9780759121256[20]
- The Lost Arts of Hearth and Home, with Rosanna Nafziger, Perigee/Penguin, 2012. ISBN 0399537775[21]
- Grow Food, Eat Food, Share Food. Oregon State University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-87071-718-5[22]
- Nuts: A Global History. Reaktion Press, 2014. ISBN 9781780232829[23]
- The Most Excellent Book of Cookery: An edition and translation of the 16th century Livre fort excellent de cuysine. With Timothy Tomasik. Prospect Books, 2014. ISBN 978-1-903018-96-5[24]
- Edited volumes and encyclopedias
- The Business of Food: Encyclopedia of the Food and Drink Industries. With Gary Allen. Greenwood Press, 2007.[25]
- Human Cuisine. With Gary Allen. Thyestian Press/Booksurge, 2008. ISBN 1419693913[26]
- Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia. Four Volumes. Greenwood Press/ABC-CLIO, 2011. ISBN 978-0-313-37626-9[27]
- Food and Faith in the Christian Tradition. With Trudy Eden. Columbia University Press, 2011. ISBN 9780231149976[28]
- A Cultural History of Food in The Renaissance. Fabio Parasecoli and Peter Scholliers, Series Editors. Ken Albala, vol. 3 editor. Berg Publishers, 2012. ISBN 9780857850256[29]
- Routledge International Handbook of Food Studies. Routledge, 2012. Paperback ed. 2014. ISBN 978-1-13-801949-2[30]
- Food History: A Primary Source Reader. Bloomsbury, 2014. ISBN 9780857854124[31]
- From Famine to Fast Food: Nutrition, Diet and Concepts of Health Around the World. ABC-CLIO, 2014. ISBN 978-1-61069-743-9[32]
- Food in Time and Place: The American Historical Association Companion to Food History. Paul Freedman, Joyce Chaplin and Ken Albala, editors. University of California Press, 2014. ISBN 9780520283589[33]
- Food Issues: An Encyclopedia. Three Volumes. Sage Publications, 2015. ISBN 9781452243016[34]
- At the Table: Food and Family Around the World. Greenwood/ABC-CLIO, 2016. ISBN 9781610697378[35]
Awards
- "Three World Cuisines: Italian, Mexican, Chinese" was the winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for “Best Foreign Cuisine Book in the World” 2013.[36]
- "Beans" won the 2008 International Association of Culinary Professionals Jane Grigson Award and the Cordon d’Or in Food History/Literature.[37][6]
References
- ^ "Ken Albala's Biography". pacific.edu.
- ^ "Master of Arts in Food Studies in San Francisco". pacific.edu.
- ^ "Ken Albala". pacific.edu.
- ^ Ken Albala. "Books by Ken Albala". goodreads.com.
- ^ "Ken Albala - Penguin Books USA". penguin.com.
- ^ a b "Author - Ken Albala". SAGE.
- ^ "Ken Albala - OSU Press". oregonstate.edu.
- ^ a b Ken Albala. "UI Press - Ken Albala - The Banquet: Dining in the Great Courts of Late Renaissance Europe". uillinois.edu.
- ^ http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2025336214_potcookingxml.html.
- ^ Frederick Douglass Opie. "Food As A Lens". foodasalens.com.
- ^ "Come listen to some of Sacramento's top food writers talk about our region's culinary legacy at "Taste of History"". sactownmag.com.
- ^ Tiger (May 27, 2014). "Food: A Cultural Culinary History". English.
- ^ "Eating Right in the Renaissance". University of California Press.
- ^ "Food in Early Modern Europe". google.com.
- ^ "Opening Up North America, 1497-1800". alibris.com.
- ^ "Cooking in Europe, 1250-1650". google.com.
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/books/review/Edge-t.html?_r=0
- ^ http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/P/bo6166015.html
- ^ "The Lost Art of Real Cooking". The Kitchn.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Three World Cuisines: Italian, Mexican, Chinese by Ken Albala. Rowman & Littlefield/Altamira, $40 trade paper (392p) ISBN 978-0-7591-2126-3". PublishersWeekly.com.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: The Lost Arts of Hearth and Home: The Happy Luddite's Guide to Domestic Self-Sufficiency by Ken Albala and Rosanna Nafziger Henderson. Perigee, $23 (288p) ISBN 978-0-399-53777-6". PublishersWeekly.com.
- ^ "Grow Food, Cook Food, Share Food - OSU Press". oregonstate.edu.
- ^ http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/N/bo18014762.html
- ^ "The Most Excellent Book of Cookery". Prospect Books.
- ^ http://www.gmu.ac.ir/download/booklibrary/e-library/Encyclopedia%20of%20Food%20and%20Drink%20Industries.pdf
- ^ The Old Foodie. "The Old Foodie". theoldfoodie.com.
- ^ "Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia". abc-clio.com.
- ^ World Archipelago. "Book Details". columbia.edu.
- ^ http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/a-cultural-history-of-food-in-the-renaissance-9780857850256/
- ^ Routledge. "Routledge International Handbook of Food Studies". routledge.com.
- ^ http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-food-history-reader-9780857854124/
- ^ "From Famine to Fast Food". abc-clio.com.
- ^ "Food in Time and Place". University of California Press.
- ^ "SAGE: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Food Issues: Three-Volume Set: Ken Albala: 9781452243016". SAGE.
- ^ "At the Table: Food and Family Around the World". ABC-CLIO.
- ^ "WINNERS 2013 >> - Gourmand Awards Winners 2013 Cookbook". cookbookfair.com.
- ^ "Enter the IACP Awards - Award - IACP - International Association of Culinary Professionals". iacp.com.