“Interpreting Food at Museums and Historic Sites” offers readers a lot of food for thought, if you pardon the egregious pun. 

 

Foodways is an often overlooked interpretation tactic, taken for granted by staff and visitors. However, Moon explained it best in the introduction: “…food interpretation elevates our humanity…We all eat, and in following the pathways of food production, we discover interconnectedness.” 

 

It’s definitely a dry read and best to be tackled in small bites, but Michelle Moon offers a comprehensive history of food—from the earliest days of Jamestown to the invention of the modern supermarket—and gives a medley of interpretation suggestions.