Class of: 2007

Abigail Carroll

Abigail Carroll (GRS’07) of Durham, N.H., a food scholar and historian, published Three Squares: The Invention of the American Meal (Basic Books, 2013). Abigail reveals the story behind our modern eating habits, from cornmeal mush to tuna noodle casseroles. She explains that the three-square-meals regimen—a small, grain-based breakfast, an often cold, quick midday lunch, and a hot, frequently meat-centered family dinner in the evening—isn’t a biological necessity, but a cultural inheritance.

From the Winter-Spring 2014 issue.