We made the news again, thanks to the Virginian-Pilot for this great story. (One of those images was taken by Food Timeline coordinator/organizer/wrangler Kira and we might even make it our new Twitter profile pic!)

It's National Pumpkin Month! Today we're looking at how we have historically used pumpkins (aka pompkins) in American baking! #foodhistory #baking whatscookinvt.wordpress.com/2021/10/12/nat…

The video + slides from the recent talk about food + drink materials VT Special Collections and University Archives, including Food Timeline, is online (bit.ly/foodallowed) w/ a cheat sheet for our resources! Many thanks to the Peacock-Harper Culinary History Friends and Food Studies at Virginia Tech for co-sponsoring!

We're excited to share that our first new entry to Food Timeline since being acquired by Virginia Tech has been added to the website! Interested in Bubble Tea? We've got you covered! foodtimeline.org/foodbeverages.… #foodhistory #bubbletea

As we're thinking about "what's next" for Food Timeline, we want YOUR input! Check out our short survey about what you like and more importantly, might like to see from our site: forms.gle/7zPt1TSS3btJo5…!

If you'd like to know more about Food Timeline's arrival at Virginia Tech, what we're thinking about, what we're doing now, and what we're doing next, you can join us for a free, online event on Friday, December 3rd at 12p EST. Please register in advance: virginiatech.zoom.us/meeting/regist….

Happy Thanksgiving from Food Timeline! If you need some Turkey-day reading, we've got you covered: foodtimeline.org/foodmeats.html… + foodtimeline.org/foodpies.html#…! #thanksgiving #foodhistory VT Libraries Food Studies at Virginia Tech

It's just about lunchtime here in Southwest Virginia, so that's got us thinking about sandwiches...and sandwich bread. White? Whole wheat? Rye? Pumpernickel? How does one decide? foodtimeline.org/foodbreads.html #foodhistory #sandwiches

Did you miss our Food Timeline update/talk/discussion on December 3rd? No worries, we've got you covered. Our "State of the Food Timeline" is online, complete with captions, slides, and links: guides.lib.vt.edu/c.php?g=10336&…! Food Studies at Virginia Tech

The new issue of Imagine, the University Libraries' magazine is out and Food Timeline is featured! You can view the article (scroll down), "Food Timeline is a Feast for Foodies" or access the full pdf version here: lib.vt.edu/magazine/fall-… Food Studies at Virginia Tech VT Special Collections and University Archives

Guess what?? We're crashing #ArchivalAdventures from VT Special Collections and University Archives to talk cocktails + mocktails today from 2:30-4:30 EST: twitch.tv/vtulstudios. Archivist Kira Dietz will join her friend + colleague, Anthony Wright, as we explore drink-history related items from our collections!

Special Collections and University Archives is closed for the winter holidays from Thurs, December 23, 2021-Sun, Jan 2, 2022. We will be keeping an eye on our Twitter + email, but we will not have access to our physical collections during this time. 1/2

We appreciate your patience if we are delayed in responding. Also, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year during this food-tradition-full time of year!

Please note, we may have a temporary outage of the Food Timeline in the evening hours of February 1 (EST) or morning of February 2 (EST). This is for some maintenance and we expect any outage to be short. We'll tweet if there are any additional delays! Thanks for your patience!

Happy Pie Day! If you'd like to read abt pie on our website, you can check it out: foodtimeline.org/foodpies.html. If you'd like to read about one of our archivist's making an 1860s chocolate pie to celebrate, read the blog post here: whatscookinvt.wordpress.com/2022/03/14/pie…. #PieDay2022 #foodhistory

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