# Alice Ross

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Dr. **Alice S. Ross** (September 28, 1930 – December 7, 2020) was an American [culinary historian](/source/Culinary_historian), consultant, and author.[1][2]

## Background and career

Alice Ross was born on September 28, 1930 and grew up in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn).

Ross began her hands-on food history classes in 1976 with the [United States Bicentennial](/source/United_States_Bicentennial).[3]

Ross was a co-founder of Culinary Historians of New York and a member of the [International Association of Culinary Professionals](/source/International_Association_of_Culinary_Professionals). In 1988, she opened Alice Ross Hearth Studios in [Smithtown, New York](/source/Smithtown,_New_York), offering food and history courses with a focus on [hearth](/source/Hearth) cooking. Ross served as consultant to historic sites including [Colonial Williamsburg](/source/Colonial_Williamsburg) and [Lowell National Historical Park](/source/Lowell_National_Historical_Park).[4]

Ross received a doctorate from [Stony Brook University](/source/Stony_Brook_University) in 1996, with her dissertation titled *Women, Work and Cookery, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, 1880-1920*. She taught at colleges including [Queens College, City University of New York](/source/Queens_College,_City_University_of_New_York), [City College of New York](/source/City_College_of_New_York), [Hofstra University](/source/Hofstra_University), and [New York University](/source/New_York_University).

Ross was married to a veterinarian and had four children.[5] She died on December 7, 2020.

The Alice Ross Culinary Ephemera Collection is housed at [Virginia Tech](/source/Virginia_Tech).[6]

## Selected publications

- *Health and Diet in 19th-Century America: A Food Historian's Point of View* (1993)[7]
- *Women, Work and Cookery, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, 1880-1920* (1996)
- *A Taste of Brookhaven, 400 Years of History in the Kitchen* (2005)

## References

1. Weaver, William Woys (1988-04-27). ["Open-Hearth Cooking: Why All the Fuss Over Hot Ashes?"](https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/27/garden/open-hearth-cooking-why-all-the-fuss-over-hot-ashes.html). *The New York Times*

1. Ketcham, Diane (1988-09-18). ["LONG ISLAND JOURNAL; Back to Colonial Basics"](https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/18/nyregion/long-island-journal-697688.html). *The New York Times*

1. Wharton, Rachel (2018-04-09). ["OLD SCHOOL. Ancestral cooking classes offer a taste of the past"](https://www.nydailynews.com/2005/11/27/old-school-ancestral-cooking-classes-offer-a-taste-of-the-past/). *New York Daily News*

1. ["Alice Ross Hearth Studios"](https://cookforfun.shawguides.com/AliceRossHearthStudios). *ShawGuides*

1. Fischler, Marcelle S. (2001-11-25). ["LONG ISLAND JOURNAL; An Expert in the Neglected History of Food"](https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/25/nyregion/long-island-journal-an-expert-in-the-neglected-history-of-food.html). *The New York Times*

1. [Virginia Tech](/source/Virginia_Tech)

1. Ross, Alice (1993). "Health and Diet in 19th-Century America: A Food Historian's Point of View". *Historical Archaeology*. **27** (2): 42-56. Springer Nature. [JSTOR 25616238](https://www.jstor.org/stable/25616238)

## External links

- [aliceross.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20131030104554/http://www.aliceross.com/)
- Linda Pelaccio (December 19, 2013). ["Alice Ross on the History of Christmas Dinner"](https://heritageradionetwork.org/episode/alice-ross-on-the-history-of-christmas-dinner/). *A Taste of the Past*
- DeMarino, Rebecca (2021-11-08). ["Research: Chasing Clues, Ideas, and Whims"](https://www.rebeccademarino.com/2021/11/08/chasing-clues-ideas-and-whims-in-research-heaven/)
- ["A True Vintage Crop: Sweet Corn"](https://www.communitylibrary.org/blog/2024/08/27/a-true-vintage-crop-sweet-corn/). 2024-08-27.

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