Creating a Reading List

I have so many research questions, and I’d love to keep track of what I’m thinking, what resources I’ve found and might read and explore. I’ll be updating this as often as I can with my questions, and resources to explore

March 2026 - Inside the Cookbooks, Beyond Recipes

What we can learn from cookbooks - about all aspects of life including history, culture, ingredients, and more. I think of Cookbooks and what they share, beyond cooking - what they reveal about attitudes about ingredients, methods and techniques, and so much more

• Course outline, Reading Historic Cookbooks, University of Dublin

• No Mere Culinary Curiosities: Using Historical Cookbooks in the Library Classroom, Kathryn G. Matheny (2020)

• Today’s Cookbooks Serve as Narratives of Identity—and Potentially as Recipes for Dialogue and Understanding

• Cookbooks Are So Much More Than Recipes and Photographs ‹ Literary Hub 

  https://www.stainedpagenews.com/p/inside-the-world-of-art-cookbooks 

February 2026 | Deities connected to agriculture and beer

• Where they the earliest deities to exist? Do they exist across the world? Are there gender preferences - are there more women or men deities connected to these

• Books to read

  • A History of the World in 6 Glasses (2006 )Book by Tom Standage

  • Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol (2021) by Mallory O'Meara

  • A Woman's Place Is in the Brewhouse: A Forgotten History of Alewives, Brewsters, Witches, and Ceos (2021) by Tara Nurin