Participant Info
- First Name
- Heather
- Last Name
- Hess
- Country
- United States
- State
- NY New York
- heather.hess@alumnae.smith.edu
- Affiliation
- Independent Scholar
- Website URL
- Keywords
- food history, meat carving, napkin folding, porcelain, manners and etiquette, animal studies
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
I study the history of meat carving and other decorative displays on the table, and specifically focusing on early modern Europe and the use of ephemeral materials, like meat, sugar, fruit, and even butter. These practices were spread through the peculiar format of the carving manual.
I also know modern prints (especially Grosvenor School linocuts, Richard Hamilton, and German Expressionism), but my research right now is centered on bombastic early modern banquets.
- Recent Publications
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- England, Germany, Central Europe
- Expertise by Geography
- England, Germany, Western Europe
- Expertise by Chronology
- 17th century, 18th century, Early Modern, Modern
- Expertise by Topic
- Book History, Food History, Material Culture
