Tom Hughes, Min

Tom Hughes and his wife, Meredith Sayles Hughes, are the couple behind the Food Heritage Center, the world's first Potato Museum and The Food Museum Online. The museums research, collect, preserve, exhibit and explain the history and social significance of the world's foods, and bring artifacts and programs to audiences of all ages. The Hugheses are pioneers in exhibiting food history, as curators of major exhibitions at the Smithsonian, the United States Botanic Garden in Washington, DC and...See more

Tom Hughes and his wife, Meredith Sayles Hughes, are the couple behind the Food Heritage Center, the world's first Potato Museum and The Food Museum Online. The museums research, collect, preserve, exhibit and explain the history and social significance of the world's foods, and bring artifacts and programs to audiences of all ages. The Hugheses are pioneers in exhibiting food history, as curators of major exhibitions at the Smithsonian, the United States Botanic Garden in Washington, DC and Canada's National Museum of Science and Industry. They also are innovators in pop-up exhibits, including a series of three-foot square kiosk displays in supermarkets on 15 different food topics. Tom and Meredith are the authors of many books, including "Gastronomie: Food Museums and Heritage Sites of France." This was the first book to define and explain the concept of food historic sites. Author of several articles on food history, Meredith created the award-winning 10 book series, "Plants We Eat," and "Plants vs. Meats: the Health, History, and Ethics of What We Eat" all published by Lerner Publishing, Minneapolis. She has been a workshop presenter at the International Association of Culinary Professionals Annual Conference. Tom, a teacher, did two nationwide educational tours, speaking to civic groups and as a guest on radio and tv talk shows, both national and local, including "Late Night with David Letterman, "NBC Nightly News" and "Charlie Rose." Tom's most recent book is "Hot Potato Capital of the World: DC Nickname Campaign" and "Food Heritage Matters." See less