Sarah Lohman
Sarah Lohman is a culinary historian and author of the blog Four Pounds Flour. Her first book, Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine, was published by Simon & Schuster in December 2016.
All Writing
Roundtable
Mild, Medium, or Hot?
How Americans went from adventurous eaters to plain janes—and then back again. More
Roundtable
The Marriage of Vanilla
In 1841 twelve-year-old slave Edmond Albius invented the technique that made the vanilla industry possible. More
Roundtable
Living My Best 1848 Life
Every summer, I spent more waking hours of my life in the nineteenth century than I did in the modern day. More