Abalone: The remarkable history and uncertain future of California’s iconic shellfish, by Ann Vileisis,Â
In 2023 my book review of Abalone was published in Food, Culture and Society, a peer-reviewed journal. This was a meaningful project for me, as growing up in Northern California, I knew abalone to be common and plentiful. The shellfish since has lived on the brink of extinction, and the tale of their heroic rescue by conservationists is inspiring.Â
In 2023 my book chapter “Food and the Next Generation: Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is” was published in the edited volume Millennials and the Gen Z in Media and Popular Culture. This project was started in 2019 and went through several versions due to the pandemic.
In January 2023 I presented “Keeping up with the Home Economists: Betty Crocker was an Influencer” for a seminar sponsored by the Institute of Historical Research/ School of
Advanced Study at the University of London. In this presentation I investigated and
contrasted current media food influencers with those of the past.
2020 saw my long-held desire to write about Poppy Cannon come to fruition. Cannon was a food writer and celebrity who led an intriguing and tumultuous life that seemed to mirror the era in which she lived. After multiple marriages, accusations of adultery, a best selling book, and a syndicated food column, she ended her life by throwing herself off the balcony of her Park Avenue apartment. She is now largely forgotten, yet her life story is fascinating and one well worth investigating. My entry about her for a compilation titled Consumption and the Literary Cookbook was edited by Dr. Roxanne Harde for Routledge’s Popular Culture series. The book won Best Edited Collection for 2021 from the South Atlantic Modern Language Association.Â
Click below to see my article about a scandalous bachelor party published by the Culinary Historians of New York. See how food patterns shifted as the gilded age ushered in luxury hotels and restaurants. Â
The Greatest Bachelor Party on Earth_ _ NYFoodStory
Little Egypt
Entries on “Hushpuppies” and “Watergate Salad,” in We eat what? A cultural encyclopedia of bizarre and strange foods in the United States, Jonathan Deutsch, Ed. This project included recipe testing and original photography. Click for link. We Eat What_ – A Cultural Encyclopedia of Unusual Foods in the United States – flyer
Click here to listen to me discuss my book with Kathleen Collins, on the podcast Inside Voices
Here is a recent article from Time referring to wedding cakes which mentions the book     http://time.com/5047981/wedding-cake-lgbt-history/
And some press from Mental Floss! http://mentalfloss.com/article/544601/facts-about-queen-elizabeth-ii-prince-philip-royal-wedding
And from Bustle.com
https://www.bustle.com/p/old-fashioned-wedding-etiquette-we-thankfully-dont-do-anymore-8650061
And from mic.com. Here we discuss saving money:
Publications:
As Long as We Both Shall Eat: A History of Wedding Food and Feasts. Published by Rowman and Littlefield, April 2017.   REVISED flyer As Long as we Both Shall Eat
Here is a link to my webpage created to promote the book, which has further links to my Facebook page and a great mention by National Public Radio. Featured in Brides Magazine online in July!    http://www.aslongaswebothshalleat.com/
Stewart, C.  (2017) “All in Good Taste: The Victorian Wedding Breakfast.” Forum, Vol. 97 (3) 20-23. Forum is the “quarterly magazine of the nation’s oldest and most selective multi-disciplinary collegiate honor society.”Â
Stewart, C. (January 2015). Tavern on the green, Private chefs, Poppy Cannon. In Andrew F. Smith (Ed).  Savoring Gotham: A food lover’s companion to New York City (p. 585, pp. 107-108, pp. 95-96). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
* Savoring Gotham and Food Issues were 2 of the 4 selections for Best Print Reference (food), 2015 by the Library Journal.
Best Print Reference _ Best Reference 2015
Stewart, C. (April 2015). Restaurant cooking technologies. In Ken Albala (Ed.), The sage encyclopedia of food issues (pp. 1195-1199). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.
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Stewart, C. (June 2015). Rosie the Riveter had to come home and cook: conflicting messages for women in early radio cooking shows. In Charles Feldman and Douglas Murray (Eds.), “Opportunities and challenges for food and eating in society (pp. 248-253). Montclair, NJ: The College of Education and Human Services.
Stewart, C. (October 2015). Â How to survive generous reviews? (Review of the book Surviving the Twenty-First Century by William Eaton, Serving House Books). Retrieved from
Food, Culture and Society Journal, book review of Jonathan Rees’ Refrigerator Nation: A History of Ice, Appliances and Enterprise in America, Johns Hopkins Press, 2013. Review will be included in one of the four 2015 journal issues.
Zeteo: The Journal of Interdisciplinary Writing. Summer 2014“Culinary Star Wars.” A review of Christel Lane’s The Cultivation of Taste: Chefs and the Organization of Fine Dining, Oxford University Press, 2014.
pdf here Claire-Stewart-Culture-of-Taste-final
Zeteo: The Journal of Interdisciplinary Writing, Fall 2013. “The Evolution of Dinner.” A review of Abigail Carroll’s Three Squares: The Invention of the American Meal, Basic Books, 2013.
Zeteo: The Journal of Interdisciplinary Writing, Spring 2012 “We are also what we Eat With.” A review of Bee Wilson’s Consider the Fork, Basic Books, 2012.
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