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Janice Longone, chronicler of US culinary history, dies

Janice Longone poses with some of her collection of cookbooks spanning 300 years. Longone, who is credited with collecting thousands of items chronicling the culinary history of the United States, including cookbooks, menus, advertisements and diaries, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, according to Nie Family Funeral Home in Ann Arbor. She was 89. (Robert Chase/Ann Arbor News via AP)

Janice Longone, the culinary curator at the University of Michigan Clements Library, holds one of her favorite cookbooks: "Child Life Cook Book" by Clara Ingram Judson in Ann Arbor, Mich. Longone, who is credited with collecting thousands of items chronicling the culinary history of the United States, including cookbooks, menus, advertisements and diaries, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, according to Nie Family Funeral Home in Ann Arbor. She was 89. (Larry E. Wright/Ann Arbor News via AP)

Jan Longone, Curator of American Culinary History, holds up a book from the exhibit titled "The Old Girl Network: Charity Cook Books and the Empowerment of Women" at the University of Michigan Clements Library in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Sept. 5. Janice Bluestein Longone, who is credited with collecting thousands of items chronicling the culinary history of the United States, including cookbooks, menus, advertisements and diaries, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, according to Nie Family Funeral Home in Ann Arbor. She was 89. (Alan Warren/Ann Arbor News via AP)

Janice Longone, chronicler of US culinary history, dies