Christina Ward

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Christina Ward
Born (1969-04-04) April 4, 1969 (age 56)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
OccupationWriter, editor, owner of Feral House Publishing
Genre Sociology of food
Subject Transgressive fiction, Short story, Food preservation, Cookbook, Culinary History
Website
www.christinaward.net

Christina Ward is an American writer specializing in food preservation, recipe, and culinary history books, and the owner of Feral House Publishing.

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Career

Writing

Ward's works include transgressive poetry and short stories published in zines under multiple pseudonyms. In 2000, Ward began publishing small-run art books under the imprint of Back Pocket Press and Odaliske Press and co-publishing poetry broadsides and chapbook under the name Accurate Key.[ citation needed ]

Between 2012 and 2016, Ward wrote a monthly column for Edible Milwaukee Magazine [1] named DIY-MKE: that focused on the history, personal stories, and recipes that reflect Milwaukee city's culture.

Ward published her first book, Preservation: The Art and Science of Canning, Fermentation, and Dehydration (2017), with the Feral House imprint, Process.

Ward's second book, American Advertising Cookbooks: How Corporations Taught Us to Love Spam, Bananas, and Jell-O (2019), was reviewed in the New York Times [2] and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . [3]

In July 2019, Ward provided research about Milwaukee food culture for the producers of the Hulu broadcast episodic program Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi . She appeared on camera with host and executive producer Padma Lakshmi for episode 2 of season 1, [4] where they discussed Milwaukee's early immigrant food culture, while riding around in the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.

Holy Food: How Cults, Communes, and Religious Movements Influenced What We Eat (2023) is an exploration of various cults, communes, and religious movements are connected to food they created or incorporated and how that food may continue on in today's society.

Her fourth book is Happy Days: The Official Cookbook. [5]

Feral House

In 2011, Ward assisted touring authors published by Feral House with events in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In January 2015, she began to work full-time for Feral House in marketing and publicity.[ citation needed ]

Parfrey died on May 5, 2018 and his sister, managing director and head of operations, asked Ward to assist her in continuing Feral House Publishing. Ward was promoted to vice president.[ citation needed ]

On February 10, 2026, Feral House announced that Ward had assumed ownership of Feral House Publishing and its imprint Process Media. [6]

Published works

References

  1. ↑ "Home Milwaukee | Edible Milwaukee". Archived from the original on 2023-09-19. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  2. ↑ Fabricant, Florence (14 January 2019). "A Book That Gets to the Bottom of Green-Bean Casserole". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  3. ↑ "Author's fascination with old recipes led her to take a closer look". Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2026-02-18.
  4. ↑ "The All American Weiner". IMDb . Archived from the original on 2023-09-19. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  5. ↑ Maas, Tyler (April 16, 2024). "'Happy Days: The Official Cookbook' is Aaaay tasty tribute to an iconic TV series". Milwaukee Record.
  6. ↑ "Christina Ward Assumes Ownership of Feral House and Process Media".
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