In addition to supporting the curriculum, the BFC documents global foodways with a particular focus on the food history and related culture of the Global South and its diasporas, the global influences of colonialism, and materials showcasing the intersection of food and the arts.
To see all materials in the collection you can do a catalog search in CLIO using the term "Barnard Foodways Collection."
The Quandra Prettyman Cookbook Collection is a collection of cookbooks and other food-related materials from around the world spanning the 20th century and collected by the late Barnard Africana Studies and English professor, Quandra Prettyman Stadler.
The Prettyman Collection is a special circulating that is part of the Barnard Foodways Collection (BFC) and will be shelved on the fourth floor.
The collection includes cookbooks covering global culinary traditions with a focus on regional American and community and church cookbooks. The cookbooks will circulate with African American and community cookbooks shelved on the fourth floor. The collection will be accessible starting Fall 2025.
