About the Author:
\nPaula J. Johnson is a curator and public historian at the Smithsonian&rsq uo\;s National Museum of American History in Washington\, DC. She conducts research and collects objects relating to the history and culture of Amer ican food and serves as the Director of the Smithsonian&rsquo\;s Food Hist ory Project. Johnson was one of the curators who collected Julia Child&rsq uo\;s home kitchen in 2001 and led the team that created FOOD: Transformin g the American Table\, a multi-layered exhibition that explores the major changes in food production\, distribution\, and consumption in the United States since the 1950s. She has shaped and contributed to many public prog rams on food history and leads the annual &ldquo\;Food History Weekend.&rd quo\; Johnson is the author of many articles and three books\, including&n bsp\;Julia Child&rsquo\;s Kitchen: The Design\, Tools Stories\, and Le gacy of an Iconic Space \;(2024). She received the Smithsonian Di stinguished Scholar in the Humanities Award in 2020.
\nJohnson began her museum career at the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons\, Maryland\, a nd has worked at the Smithsonian since 1991. She is a member of the Associ ation for the Study of Food and Society and Les Dames d&rsquo\; Escoffier. She serves on the editorial collective for \;Gastronomica: The Jo urnal for Food Studies.
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