The Kitchen Cabinet
The Kitchen Cabinet
The advisory board for Smithsonian Food History programs and collections
ABOUT
To shape and expand its research, collections, programs and exhibitions related to food, agriculture and beverage history, the National Museum of American History established the Kitchen Cabinet, an advisory board made up of leaders in food scholarship, culinary history and food-related business in America.
CURRENT MEMBERS
Sileshi Alifom
Owner/Operator, DAS Ethiopian Cuisine
Melanie Asher
CEO, Founder, and Master Distiller, Macchu Pisco
Dr. Warren Belasco
Food Historian, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Joanne Chang
Pastry Chef/Owner, Flour Bakery
Llewellyn Correia
Regional Executive Chef, Wegmans Food Markets
Darrell Corti
Corti Brothers, Sacramento, CA
Neil Dahlstrom
Manager, Corporate History & Archives, John Deere
Michael Dellar
Co-founder Lark Creek Restaurant Group, Principal One Market Restaurant, San Francisco
Jim Dodge
Director of Specialty Culinary Programs, Bon Appétit Management Company
Geoffrey Drummond
Executive Director of Food Lab, Stony Brook Southampton
Darra Goldstein
Wilcox B. and Harriet M. Adsit Professor of Russian, Emerita, Williams College
Jessica B. Harris, Ph.D. Food Historian
Queens College/CUNY
Anthony Hesselius
President & Publicist, Linda Roth Associates, Inc.
Pati Jinich
Chef, Host of Pati’s Mexican Table
Kim Jordan
Co-Founder and Executive Chair, Board of Directors, New Belgium Brewing Company
Ris Lacoste
Chef/Owner of RIS, Washington, DC
Ilyse Fishman Lerner
Former CEO, On Rye
Linda Lovejoy
Community Relations Manager, Wegmans Food Markets
Doug Margerum
Owner/Director of Winemaking at Margerum Wines
Joan Nathan
Author and Director, Martha's Table
Alexandra Nemerov
Curatorial Associate, Glenstone
Libby H. O’Connell
Cultural Historian
Linda Novick O’Keefe
Founding Chief Executive Officer, Common Threads
Maricel Presilla, Ph.D.
Chef, Culinary Historian, and Author
Todd Schulkin
Executive Director, The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts
Eric W. Spivey
Chairman, The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts
Tanya Wenman Steel
CEO, Cooking Up Big Dreams and Tanya Wenman Steel LLC
Vincent Szwajkowski
Senior Director, Global Brand Strategy, Hilton Worldwide
Julia Turshen
Cookbook Author
Susan Westmoreland
Food Director, Good Housekeeping
Izabela Wojcik
Director of House Programming, James Beard Foundation
Grace Young
Culinary Historian and Author
