Helen Zoe Veit

Helen Zoe Veit is an associate professor of history at Michigan State University. She is also the director of the What America Ate project, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, a digital archive and interactive website on food in the Great Depression.

Crisco
How Crisco toppled lard—and made Americans believers in industrial food
Culture
by Helen Zoe Veit
12.23.2019
Culture
How a backlash against ‘mixed’ foods led to the demise of a classic American dishA backlash against ‘mixed’ foods led to the demise of a classic American dish. Credit: Emily Horne, November 2018
How a backlash against ‘mixed’ foods led to the demise of a classic American dish
Culture
by Helen Zoe Veit
11.22.2018
Culture