Amy Palmer

It's out! 😁Thrilled to see my latest book - First Helpings: A History of Children and Food - co-authored with @HistoryAmy in print! Thanks @reaktionbooks for all your support. #foodhistory #childhood #histchild

Camp Cooking – For much of the twentieth century, cookery lessons were seen as more suitable for girls than boys. The scout movement, however, gave boys opportunities to learn how to cook, usually in the context of rugged outdoor experiences like camping #histchild

Looking forward to talking about our latest book on Saturday 30 May 10.30-11.30 at York Explore Library. Thank you @YorkFestofIdeas for inviting us!

Why not snap up a bargain online! Our book looks at all manner of topics relating to children and food in history: learning to cook; school meals; table manners and much more. You have till 20th February to get the discount. Thanks @Waterstones and @reaktionbooks. #WPreorder

Our latest children and food: a history blog looks at children's diet in World War Two. children-and-food-history.org.uk/blog/2581584_c… #HistChild #worldwartwo

Our latest post on children and food looks at hunger during the Lancashire cotton famine of the 1860s. children-and-food-history.org.uk/blog/2300223_c…. #HistChild #History #workingclasshistory

Our latest blog post looks at what science can tell us about infants and children’s food in the distant past. See children-and-food-history.org.uk/blog/2289620_w… #HistChild #foodhistory #history

The Brothers Grimm's 'The Magic Porridge Pot' speaks of hunger and want. The story has flourished in simple retellings for children. Read about this in our latest children and food (a history) blog: webador.com/v2/website/298…. #Histchild #childhood

Today's blog post is about food in Victorian childhoods as seen in 3 autobiographies children-and-food-history.org.uk/blog/1934702_r… #histchild #historyofchildhood #foodhistory

Our latest post on children-and-food-history.org.uk/blog is called - Montessori Education and Cooking with Young Children: The Example of Dorothy Canfield Fisher. #Histchild #Montessori #cooking

Our latest blog looks at wet nurses and asks: how did wet nurses negotiate their work with their families? children-and-food-history.org.uk/blog/1859491_w… #Histchild #childhood #infantfeeding

New blog post - about Tom Brown's School Days and what it tells us about food (and beer) at Rugby in the 1830s.children-and-food-history.org.uk/blog/1784656_t… #histchild #schooldinners #childrensliterature

What did the 17th century writer Hannah Woolley regard as good table manners in her 'Gentlewoman's Companion'? Find out in our latest post: children-and-food-history.org.uk/blog/1748785_h… #Histchild #foodhistory

New blog paste today looking at the role of nineteenth century journalists in the campaign for children's school dinners. children-and-food-history.org.uk/blog/1507122_n… #histchild #schooldinners #historyofchildhood #historyofeducation

Latest journal article - many thanks @HistEdSocUK journal editors for insightful guidance & to some @MiddlesexUni Education Studies BA students who inspired my research when they discussed why sound & pedagogy matter tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

@mycathardy Yes, I love this book too.

I'm currently reading this book. Octopuses are highly intelligent creatures with their own personalities. A great read for anyone already interested in them. For those who think it's OK to farm and eat octopuses you should definitely read it! #octopuses #octopusfarming

My latest blog with @HistoryAmy is on dietary advice to be found in Thomas Phaer's Boke of Chyldren published in 1544. children-and-food-history.org.uk/blog/1631059_d…. #Histchild #foodhistory #childrenandhistory

Our latest blog post is about the hugely impressive campaign that Ovaltine ran in the 1930s in order to market the product to children. An interesting early example of children being seen as consumers in their own right. children-and-food-history.org.uk/blog/1504367_o… #histchild #historyoffood

It's been a year since I started the blog children-and-food-history.org.uk with @HistoryAmy. So far topics have included: mealtimes at the Foundling Hospital; workhouse food for children; infant feeding; and early cookbooks for children (and more). #Histchild #foodhistory #childhood

A very personal blog from me this time about my grandfather's experiences as a 'galley boy' in the Merchant navy during the second world war. children-and-food-history.org.uk/blog/1543345_c… #histchild #childrenshistory #foodhistory #historyofchildhood #merchantnavy #worldwar2