Dr Serin Quinn

A classic! (And again much politer than the poems I'm dealing with...)

The Tomato-Chili Nexus: Reconstructing the Mesoamerican Influence on Europe through Taste and Method By Serin Quinn The earliest known recipe referencing tomatoes was published in Naples in 1692. This is not simply the earliest European recipe to include the ingredient, but the first written tomato r...

Delighted to have my blog published in this edition of The Recipes Project! If you want to read about tomatoes, chilis, and the impact of Indigenous American tastes on European cuisine then this is for you! recipes.hypotheses.org/26743 #foodhistory

CFP open!
Edible Boundaries: Food, Identity, and the Material Culture of Eating and Drinking, University of Warwick, 14 Mar 2026

We invite 250-word abstracts on how food and drink shape, cross, or contest boundaries.

Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
Keynote: Prof. Anne Murcott

#FoodHistory #FoodStudies #CFP

Woodcut of a Dutch cat eating waffles and honey

slightly obsessed with this picasso-looking cat eating waffles and honey I found while going through the @rijksmuseum.bsky.social collections - text reads "don't snack on these tasty treats!" (Obj.ID: RP-P-1923-281)

Finishing up on the first day of my postdoc with @srsrensoc.bsky.social! I was hoping to share a fun image of early modern aphrodisiac foods, but can't find anything polite enough for social media 🙈

As does yours!! 🙌

Hugely honoured to be granted this opportunity and excited to begin my new project on aphrodisiac-foods in early modern England!

My latest piece with The Conversation - a short read on the long history of fermenting foods 🥒