A Taste of History 
with Joyce White
A Taste of History 
with Joyce White
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    • HOME
    • ABOUT
    • Riversdale House Museum
      • FOOD HISTORY VIDEOS
      • SPECIAL FOOD EXHIBITIONS
      • MORE FOODWAYS EXHIBITIONS
    • HAMMOND-HARWOOD HOUSE
      • PERIOD DINING AT HHH
      • MARYLAND'S WAY RECIPES
      • COOKING VIDEOS FOR KIDS
    • MORE MUSEUM WORK
      • MD CTR HIST & CULTURE
      • HISTORIC ANNAPOLIS
    • BOOK A POWERPOINT
      • PROGRAM TOPICS
      • BOOKING A PROGRAM
    • RECIPES, ARTICLES, VIDEOS
      • CHOCOLATE RECIPES
      • MARYLAND FOOD
      • THANKSGIVING RECIPES
      • CHRISTMAS RECIPES
      • DINING WITH JANE AUSTEN
      • HISTORIC SAVOURY DISHES
      • HISTORIC SAUCES/DRESSINGS
      • HISTORIC BREAD RECIPES
      • HISTORIC CAKE RECIPES
      • ROUTS & ROUT CAKE RECIPES
      • HISTORIC PIES & TARTS
      • HISTORIC COOKIE RECIPES
      • HISTORIC GINGERBREAD
      • HIST. PRESERVES/PICKLES
      • HISTORIC PUDDINGS
      • HISTORIC CREAMS
      • HISTORIC FROZEN RECIPES
      • HISTORIC GELATINS
      • MISCELLANEOUS CONFECTIONS
      • HISTORIC BEVERAGES
    • FOOD HISTORY SNIPPETS
    • CONTACT JOYCE

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  • CONTACT JOYCE

Joyce's Bio

Joyce White is a food historian operating A Taste of History with Joyce White, offering food history PowerPoint presentations with tastings on a variety of topics. Joyce writes articles for local publications such as Outlook by the Bay, MarylandRoadTrips.com, Chesapeake Family, and assorted blogs. Joyce is also the foodways consultant to the c. 1801 Riversdale House Museum in Riverdale Park, MD, was the consultant for the restoration of the 18th century kitchen at Annapolis’s William Paca House, was the guest curator for the Maryland State Exhibit for the Southern Food & Beverage Museum in New Orleans, LA, and is Vice President of Annapolis’ c. 1774 Hammond-Harwood House Museum.  Joyce has a B.A. from William Smith College, an M.A. in American Studies from Penn State University, and has studied food history with leaders in the field at various historic sites in England and the US.


You can find Joyce on Facebook at A Taste of History with Joyce White or at www.atasteofhistory.net. Joyce lives in Annapolis with her husband and has two grown daughters.

Tv/Radio

  • Guest, Eatin’ the Chesapeake for Maryland Public Television (MPT), Historian and Cook for the historic Maryland feast segment (premiered April 23, 2018)
  • Guest, Proof of Concept show, Snack Secretsfor Food Network and Lusid Media,
  • Guest, State Plate Television Series Hosted by Taylor Hicks on the INSP Network (yet to air) – Segment on Maryland Beaten Biscuits
  • Guest, WMKV Cincinnati, Outdoor Life with Carol Mundy (September 15, 2017) – Segment on Food History
  • Guest, "Move Over, Smith Island Cake: Maryland's Unsung Culinary Delights", Radio Interview with WAMU Radio’s Rebecca Sheir, host of Metro Connection, July 25, 2014. Segment on Maryland Kossuth Cake and Eastern Shore White Potato Pie.
  • Kenny, Jim, producer.  Archeology at the Knapp House with Joyce White.  New York: Rye Cable Television, 1993.
  • Bancel, Marge and Jim Kenny, producers.  The Knapp House with Joyce White.  New York: Rye Cable Television, 1992.

Food History Writing

  • Articles on food history for marylandroadtrips.com
  • Articles for Outlook by the Bay magazine
  • Articles for Chesapeake Family Magazine
  • Joyce White, Maryland's Fabulous Fare: A Taste of History, Recipe Booklet Published with and by the Maryland Historical Society (March, 2018)
  • White, Joyce. Sugar Plums Demystified: A Historic Look at a Beloved Christmas Confection for The Riversdale Historical Society Newsletter, Winter 2017, Volume 34, No. 101.
  • White, Joyce. Satisfy Your Chocolate Cravings, 18th c. Style. A Guest Blog for the Maryland Humanities Council, Feb. 3. 2016.
  • White, Joyce.  Food of the Gods:  A Look at the Evolution of Chocolate as a Recipe Ingredient.  Popular Anthropology Magazine, February 2013, Vol. 4, NO. 1.
  • White, Joyce. 19th Century Food & Drink, Maryland Online Encyclopedia, www.mdoe.org(website no longer active)
  • White, Joyce. 20th Century Food & Drink, Maryland Online Encyclopedia, www.mdoe.org(website no longer active)
  • White, Joyce. Meaning and Cultural Expression:  New England Election Day Cake, Digest, An Interdisciplinary Study of Food and Foodways, a publication of the American Folklore Society, Vol. 13, Nos. 1 & 2: 1993.dustry you’re in. General business trends (think national and even international) are great article fodder, too.



PUBLICITY

  • My recipe for Fried Oyster Puffs included in "Hot Times in Oyster Season" in Chesapeake Bay Magazine ​(November, 2017)
  • “Ham for the Holidays: A Hard-to-Find Southern Maryland Delicacy with a Fervent Following” by Sarah Meehan in The Baltimore Sun (November 7, 2017)
  • ​​"Food Historian Brings Residents 'A Taste of Maryland'" by Tiffany Watson in The Maryland Independent (March 30, 2016)
  • "Food Historian Shares Taste of Maryland's Past" by Megan Johnson for Chesapeake360.com (February 29, 2016)  
  • Historic Recipes for an Epic Maryland Thanksgiving by Meagan Baco for www.preservationmaryland.org (November 24, 2015)
  • Click here to connect to an interview with me on the Old Line Plate Blog (September 30, 2015).
  • Food Historian: Joyce White, a blog post about me written by the FLIP Program, (Food Insurance Liability Program). January 26, 2015
  • "18 Recipes for Leftover Mint" by Rachel Kelly for the Guardian (United Kingdom, August 26, 2014); #5 is a link to my blog. 
  • "Consider the Lemon Stick" by Richard Gorelick for The Baltimore Sun (May 3, 2013)
  • Illuminating Christmas Past” by Mary Quattlebaum for The Washington Post Weekend, December 21, 2007
  • “All Fired Up, Annapolis Woman is Expert  on 19th Century Hearth Cooking” by Theresa Winslow for The Sunday Capital, November 4, 2007
  • "The Food of Independence" by Susan Reimer for The Baltimore Sun, July 4, 2007
  • “Brown Bag Lecture on Colonial Food, Feasts,” The Capital, March 5, 2007
  • “Looking Back at History of Food” by Carrie Ann Knauer for Carroll County Times, August 8, 2005
  • “As Last Child Begins School, Woman Pursues Passion for Living History” by Darragh Johnson for The Anne Arundel Extra Magazine, Washington Post, August 22, 2002
  • “Rye Group Digging for Historical Garbage” by Edna Arguello for Gannett Suburban Papers, May 12, 1993
  • “Discovering c.1670 Knapp House History,” Rye Chronicle, Rey, New York, May 6, 1993
  • “Deja Food: Feast Gives Rye Landmark’s Young Guides a Chance to Dig Into Local History” by Mitch Broder for Gannett Suburban Papers, July 24, 1992
  • “Looking Back Through America’s First Road” by Brian Black for Scholastic Newstime, September 20, 1991​

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