Publications

Book Chapters

Kitchings, Laura. “Definitions of Hawaiian Food: Evidence of Settler Colonialism in Selected Cookbooks from the Hawaiian Islands (1896–2021)” In ‘Going Native?' Settler Colonialism and Food, edited by Ronald Ranta, Alejandro Colás, and Daniel Monterescu, 127-146. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.

Conference Proceedings '

Kitchings, Laura. “Provisioning for Adventures: The Meanings of Paddington Bear’s Marmalade Sandwiches.”In Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2022: Portable Food, edited by Mark McWilliams, 156-162. Oxford: Prospect Books, 2023.

White Papers

Elias, Megan J., Laura Kitchings, and Hannah Spiegelman. “Looking for Food in the New Smithsonian Institution Catalog, a White Paper.” AHRC US-UK Food Digital Scholarship Network. September 2020. https://figshare.com/s/68ed8ac4d8fdd50b0b3b DOI: 10.15131/shef.data.12993383

Academic Book Reviews

H-Net Reviews: Kitchings, Laura. “Review of Armanios, Febe; Ergene, Boğaç A. Halal Food: A History.” HEnvironment, H-Net Reviews. May 2020. https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=54707

Guest Blog Posts

Gastronomy Program at Boston University

Gastronomy Program Receives Gift of John Mariani Menu Collection, February 2020

Summer at Rare Book School. September 2019

New Students: Spring 2018. January 2018

Cookbooks & History: Corn Meal Bread. October 2017

Instant Pot as Community. July 2017


Invited Talks

Culinary Historians of New York

“Paddington and the Marmalade Sandwich.” April 25, 2023

History of Cookbooks class at Boston University’s Metropolitan College

Dr. Karen Metheny, Instructor

Intersections of Food and Information Science: Using Data Visualizations to Explore Printed Cookbooks October 12, 2021, October 10, 2023

Cookbooks, Gender Roles, and Empire: Exploring American Cookbooks and Empire (1872-1920) through Textual Analysis November 9, 2020

Cookbooks of the 1890s October 17, 2019

Juried Photo Exhibitions

Be Studios. Worcester, Massachusetts

“Black White.” September 2021

“For the Love of Worcester.” July 2019

Cambridge Center for Adult Education. Cambridge, Massachusetts

“Snaps Photography Exhibition.” October-December 2013