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Erica J. Peters

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Erica J. Peters received her bachelor’s degree in history and literature from Harvard University and her doctorate in history from the University of Chicago. She has taught at Stanford University, Santa Clara University, and San Francisco State University, and the University of Maryland University College. She has published numerous articles on the history of food and drink and has presented at conferences across the United States and abroad.

Peters lives in Mountain View, California, with her husband and two children; she co-founded the Culinary Historians of Northern California and is an independent food historian.

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MFK Fisher on California Cuisine

People ask me very seriously, "What is California cuisine?"...I tell them very seriously, "It's what we've always had, but we're just more aware of it now"...I think it's wonderful to be simple. In fact, I get simpler as I get older. I think some people take food much too seriously and too pompously. Craig Claiborne said to me he gets bilious when he goes to San Francisco because people talk about Read more of this blog post »

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	San Francisco: A Food Biography 3.24 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Appetites and Aspirations in Vietnam: Food and Drink in the Long Nineteenth Century (Bloomsbury Studies in Food and Gastronomy) 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Food and France: What Food Studies Can Teach Us about History by Erica J. Peters (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bertram M. Gordon (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	San Francisco: A Food Biography by Erica J. Peters (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Appetites and Aspirations in Vietnam: Food and Drink in the Long Nineteenth Century (Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy) by Erica J. Peters (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars