Alice Ross

Dr. Alice S. Ross (September 28, 1930 – December 7, 2020) was an American culinary historian, consultant, and author.

Background and career Alice Ross was born on September 28, 1930 and grew up in Brooklyn.

Ross began her hands-on food history classes in 1976 with the United States Bicentennial.

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

Ross received a doctorate from 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, City College of New York, Hofstra University, and New York University.

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

The Alice Ross Culinary Ephemera Collection is housed at Virginia Tech.

Selected publications Health and Diet in 19th-Century America: A Food Historian's Point of View (1993) 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)