About Andrew F. Smith

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Smith, Andrew F. The Tomato in America: Early History, Culture and Cookery. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1994. A Mandarin version of this work was published in July 2000 by Leviathan Publishing Company in Taibei, Republic of China; the University of Illinois Press issued a paperback edition of this work in October 2001. A second Mandarin edition under the title Fan qie: xin shi jie de mo huan mei shi was published by Zhongguo you yi chu ban gong si (China Friendship Publishing Corporation), Beijing, in 2006.

Smith, Andrew F. Pure Ketchup: A History of America's National Condiment. Columbia: The University of South Carolina Press, 1996. In 2001 NetLibrary, Inc., released this work as an e-book. The paperback edition was released by the Smithsonian Institution Press in April 2001. A second paperback edition was released by the University of South Carolina Press in 2011.

Smith, Andrew F. The Saintly Scoundrel: The Life and Times of Dr. John C. Bennett. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997. Received the John Whitmer Historical Society 1997 Award for the Best Book; Received the Mormon History Association's Ella Larsen Turner Award for the Best Biography in 1997.

Smith, Andrew F. International Conflict and the Media: A Curriculum Guide. New York: The American Forum, 1997.

Smith, Andrew F. Popped Culture: A Social History of Popcorn in America. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1999. The paperback edition was released by the Smithsonian Institution Press in April 2001. The University of South Carolina Press released Popped Culture as an ebook in November 2021.

Smith, Andrew F. Souper Tomatoes: The Story of America's Favorite Food. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2000.

Smith, Andrew F. Peanuts: The Illustrious History of the Goober Pea. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2002. The paperback edition was released by the University of Illinois Press in 2006.

Smith, Andrew F. Rescuing the World: The Life and Times of Leo Cherne, with a Preface by Henry A. Kissinger. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002. In 2003 NetLibrary, Inc., released this work as an e-book. 

Wolf, Burt, and Andrew F. Smith. Real American Food: Restaurants, Markets, and Shops Plus Favorite Hometown Recipes. New York: Rizzoli, 2006.

Smith, Andrew F. The Encyclopedia of Junk Food and Fast Food. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2006.

Smith, Andrew F. The Turkey: An American Story. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006. The paperback edition was released by the University of Illinois Press in August 2009.

Smith, Andrew F. Hamburger: A Global History. London: Reaktion Books, 2008. Published in Japanese: [Yasuko Komaki, trans.] Hanbaga no rekishi: Sekaiju de naze kokomade aisaretanoka. Tokyo: Burusuintaakushonzu, 2012, and by Blues Interactions, Inc., 2015; and in Chinese: [Misi Shi and Yan Chen, trans.] Han bao: chi de quan qiu shi. Guilin: Li jiang chu ban she, 2014. A Portuguese edition was published in Brazil in 2013 by Editora SENAC.

Smith, Andrew F. Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. A paperback edition was released in May 2011.

Smith, Andrew F. Potato: A Global History. London: Reaktion Books, 2011. Published in Japanese [Madoka Takeda, trans.] Jagaimo no rekishi. Tokyo: Harashobo, 2014.

Smith, Andrew F. Starving the South: How the North Won the Civil War. New York: St. Martin's, 2011.

Smith, Andrew F. Junk Food and Fast Food: An Encyclopedia of What We Love to Eat. Second edition. 2 vols. Santa Barbara: Greenwood, 2012.

Smith, Andrew F. American Tuna: The Rise and Fall of an Improbable Food. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012.

Smith, Andrew F. Drinking History: Fifteen Turning Points in the Making of American Beverages. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. A paperback edition was released June 2014.

Smith, Andrew F. Food and Drink in American History: A "Full Course" Encyclopedia. 3 vols. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2013.

Smith, Andrew F. New York City: A Food Biography. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

Smith, Andrew F. Sugar: A Global History. London: Reaktion Books, 2015. Published in Chinese in 2016; in Japanese, Yumiko Teshima, trans., Sato no rekishi. Tokyo: Harashobo, 2016.

Smith, Andrew F. Fast Food: The Good, the Bad and the Hungry. London: Reaktion Books, 2016.

Smith, Andrew F. Food in America: The Past, Present and Future of Food, Farming and the Family Meal. 3 vols. [Volume 1: Food and the Environment; Volume 2: Food and Health and Nutrition; Volume 3: Food and the Economy]. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2017.

Smith, Andrew F. Why Waste Food? London: Reaktion Books. Scheduled for publication August 2020.

Culinary Works Edited:

Smith, Andrew F. (editor-in-chief). The Oxford Encyclopedia on Food and Drink in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. James Beard Award finalist for reference, 2005.

Smith, Andrew F. (editor-in-chief). The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. A paperback edition was released by OUP in April 2009.

Smith, Andrew F. (editor-in-chief). The Oxford Encyclopedia on Food and Drink in America. Second edition. 3 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. Awards: International Association of Culinary Professionals winner for Beverage/Reference/Technical category, 2014; Gourmand Award for the Best Food Book of the Year," 2014. 

Smith, Andrew F. (editor-in-chief). Savoring Gotham: A Food Lover's Companion to New York City. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015.

Andrew F. Smith began teaching food studies courses at The New School in 1996. He is currently a part-time Teaching Associate Professor in the Bachelor of Arts for Adults and Transfer Students at The New School in Manhattan. 

Alternative Food Networks

American Culinary History

Advanced Culinary History: Chefs and Cookbooks from Ancient Rome to 'Molto Mario' 

Contemporary Food Controversies 

Drinking History: Fifteen Beverages that Shaped American History

Feeding New York: From Street Carts to Whole Foods 

Food & Television: From Julia Child to Top Chef

Food and NYC: Feeding the City

Food Writing Forum 

Foods of the Americas

From Marcus Apicius to Julia Child: Introduction to Culinary History

How to Launch Your Food Writing Career 

How to Publish Your Cookbook

Julia Child– Culinary Revolutionary 

Professional Food Writing

Write & Sell Food Articles

Zero Food Waste

Culinary Luminaries (online)

Zero Food Waste (online)

Drinking History: Fifteen Beverages that Shaped American History (online)

Alternative Food Networks (online)

Covid-19 and the Food System (online)