Andrew F. Smith

lecturer and writer on food and culinary history

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Writer and lecturer on food and culinary history; editor-in-chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America and the Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink, and author of Popped Culture: A Social History of Popcorn in America

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