Ken Albala
HRN Hall of Fame: Ken Albala
Nominated by: A Taste of the Past
Ken Albala is a professor of history at the University of the Pacific. He has authored a number of books on food including scholarly histories, single subject studies, cookbooks, encyclopedias and reference works. He has edited over 100 titles and was coeditor of the journal: Food, Culture and Society. His food history course is available from The Great Courses and he is currently filming a second series on historic cooking.
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