A History of Chowder:Four Centuries of a New England Meal (NE)
Jacob Walker spends most of his time along the coast of Massachusetts. He is the creator of the New England Chowder Compendium, a nationally recognized project at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst devoted to examining all things chowder.Rob Cox spends far too little time along the coast of Massachusetts. A former paleontologist and molecular biologist, he has a doctorate in history from the University of Michigan and works at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is author ofBody and Soul: A Sympathetic History of American Spiritualism(Charlottesville, 2003) and editor of and contributor toThe Shortest and Most Convenient Route: Lewis and Clark in Context(Philadelphia, 2004).