Rick McDaniel

Rick McDaniel is a food historian, culinary anthropologist and author specializing in the food of the American South.

McDaniel has served as a southern regional judge for the James Beard Foundation chef and restaurant awards and as a consultant to the producers of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives on Food Network and Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations on Travel Channel. His first book, An Irresistible History of Southern Food (The History Press, 2011) is in the academic libraries of Duke University, the University of Chicago and Harvard University.