Progress 10/01/05 to 06/30/07
Outputs
I retired July 1st, 2007, therefore, this progress report is truncated (6 months of research; and the last report). Manuscripts on food patterns in Spanish, Mexican, and Gold Rush Era California, prepared during the last progress report, are now in press (publication with Wiley Interscience scheduled for late summer/early fall, 2008). During the review period I continued to use California-based archives, libraries, and museums to collect additional data on the early history of California cuisine and food practices. Information obtained during reporting period will be reported, in part, at the SNE conference, Atlanta, 2008.
Impacts
Understanding the historical basis of food patterns in Spanish, Mexican, and Gold Rush Era California provides insights on the current patterns of selected minority groups in California in the 21st century. The information generated from this project will be useful in developing culturally-sensitive nutrition education materials to professionals working in the US Department of Agriculture food assistance and nutrition education programs, including the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children, and the Food Stamp Nutrition Education program.
Publications
- Grivetti, L. E. [in press 2007]. Medicinal Chocolate in New Spain, Western Europe, and North America. In: Chocolate: Heritage of the Americas. An Anthology of Historical Essays. Edited by L.E. Grivetti and H-Y. Shapiro. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley Interscience.
- Grivetti, L. E. [in press 2007]. From Bean to Beverage: Historical Chocolate Recipes. In: Chocolate: Heritage of the Americas. An Anthology of Historical Essays. Edited by L.E. Grivetti and H-Y. Shapiro. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley Interscience.
- Grivetti, L. E. [in press 2007]. "C" is for Chocolate. Chocolate and Cacao as Educational Themes in 18th Century North America. In: Chocolate: Heritage of the Americas. An Anthology of Historical Essays. Edited by L.E. Grivetti and H-Y. Shapiro. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley Interscience.
- Cabezon, B., P. Barriga, and L.E. Grivetti [in press 2007]. Blood, Conflict, and Faith. Chocolate in the Southeast and Southwest Borderlands (1641-1833). In: Chocolate: Heritage of the Americas. An Anthology of Historical Essays. Edited by L.E. Grivetti and H-Y. Shapiro. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley Interscience.
- Grivetti, L.E., P. Barriga, and B. Cabezon [in press 2007]. Sailors, Soldiers, and Padres. California Chocolate (1542-1840). In: Chocolate: Heritage of the Americas. An Anthology of Historical Essays. Edited by L.E. Grivetti and H-Y. Shapiro. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley Interscience.
- Gordon, B., and L.E. Grivetti [in press 2007]. Common Sense Rules for Working in Archives, Libraries, and Museums. In: Chocolate: Heritage of the Americas. An Anthology of Historical Essays. Edited by L.E. Grivetti and H-Y. Shapiro. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley Interscience.
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Progress 01/01/06 to 12/31/06
Outputs
Research on food patterns in Spanish, Mexican, and Gold Rush Era California has been concluded in central California archives/libraries/museums (Bancroft Library, Huntington library, Sacramento State Library, Santa Barbara Mission Archive, Sutters Fort Archive). The focus has remained on how and under what circumstances chocolate was used as both medicine and as food. Documents dating to earliest California history have been identified, summarized, and prepared in manuscript form (for publication in our book).My primary responsibilities during the reporting period have been to coordinate archive, library, and museum research dealing with the history of food in California and the American Southwest, the role of chocolate as both food and medicine; identification of early California era recipes. The California-related information we have collected to date stems from the early Spanish period, and concludes with the Mexican Era, on the eve of the California Gold Rush. The
information will be published in our book; a contract has been signed with Wiley Interscience, with publication scheduled for February, 2008.
Impacts
Understanding the historical basis of food patterns in Spanish, Mexican, and Gold Rush Era California provides insights on the current patterns of selected minority groups in California in the 21st century. The information generated from this project will be useful in developing culturally-sensitive nutrition education materials to professionals working in the US Department of Agriculture food assistance and nutrition education programs, including the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children, and the Food Stamp Nutrition Education program.
Publications
- Grivetti, L. E., J. L. Corlett, B. Gordon, C. T. Lockett., 2007. Food in American History. Part 10. Greens. Bicentennial to Tercentennial: Earth Bound, Reaching for Mars (1976-2076). Nutrition Today.
- Grivetti, L. E. Edible Wild Plants as Food and as Medicine: Reflections on Thirty Years of Fieldwork. pp. 11-38 In: Eating and Healing Traditional Food as Medicine. Edited by A. Pieroni and L. L. Price. New York, New York., 2007.
- Lange, M. and L. Grivetti., 2007. Have Your Chocolate and Eat It Too: Integrating Concept Maps into a Content Management Framework with Relational Database Connectivity. Vol. 2, pp. 126-129 In: Concept Maps: Theory, Methodology, Technology. A. J. Canas and J. D. Novak Editors. 2 Vols. San Jose, Costa Rica: University of Costa Rica.
- Grivetti, L. E., J. L. Corlett, and C. T. Lockett., 2007. Food in American History. Part 8. Potatoes. World War II: Home Front and Abroad (1941-1945). Nutrition Today.
- Grivetti, L. E., J. L. Corlett, and C. T. Lockett., 2007. Food in American History. Part 9. Chicken. Cold War and Social Upheaval: Through the Atomic Age and Vietnam to the American Bicentennial (1945-1976). Nutrition Today.
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Progress 01/01/05 to 12/31/05
Outputs
Research on food patterns in Spanish, Mexican, and Gold Rush Era California has been initiated in central California archives/libraries/museums (Bancroft Library, Huntington library, Sacramento State Library, Santa Barbara Mission Archive, Sutters Fort Archive). The focus has remained on how and under what circumstances chocolate was used as both medicine and as food. Documents written by Father Junipero Serra reveal the widespread use of chocolate throughout the early California Mission Era. Diaries produced by General De Anza reveal the introduction of chocolate to California via Sonora, arriving at the San Gabriel Mission in 1776. More telling are the Gold Rush Era diaries examined that provide information on chocolate prices and use of chocolate as a common beverage of miners. Spanish and Mexican Era cookbooks housed in the Los Angeles County Library will be a focus of our efforts during the coming summer.
Impacts
Understanding the historical basis of food patterns in Spanish, Mexican, and Gold Rush Era California provides insights on the current patterns of selected minority groups in California in the 21st century. The information generated from this project will be useful in developing culturally-sensitive nutrition education materials to professionals working in the US Department of Agriculture food assistance and nutrition education programs, including the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children, and the Food Stamp Nutrition Education program.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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