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Meet Nancy Siegel

Nancy Siegel is a professor of art history and culinary history at Towson University. She is the author of Susie M. Barstow: Redefining the Hudson River School.

Published Works

Cover of "Political Appetites: The Power of Food in Revolutionary America" by Nancy Siegel, featuring a colonial-era portrait of a seated woman reaching for fruit from a bowl on a table.

Political Appetites

The Power of Food in Revolutionary America

Nancy Siegel

Publication Date: October 13, 2026