Learn more about Indiana's food history--past and present--by checking out the following resources. And don't forget to share your own story, here.

Book recommendations

Check out these food-related books--all of which are available through our free lending library, Novel Conversations.

Animal, Vegetable Miracle: A Year of Food Life
The 27 Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders
Chocolat
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Dying for Chocolate
Feeding Our Families: Memories of Hoosier Homemakers
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Like Water for Chocolate

Trivia and games

Indiana food history trivia

Other resources 

Timeline on the History of Corn
USDA for Kids
Dietary Patterns in the Early Midwest (via Conner Prairie)
Down on the Farm
Food & Think
Ample Harvest

If you stopped by the Council’s booth at the 2009 Indiana State Fair on Hoosier Heritage Day, thanks for putting your mark on our map of Indiana's food culture. You can see the map, which identifies Indiana's festivals and agricultural and livestock hot spots, here.