WikiProject Food and Drink is one of the oldest WikiProjects on Wikipedia, beginning its life as the Gastronomy WikiProject in April 2003. Since that time, it has evolved into a comprehensive project covering numerous subjects and concentrations. However, it remains as an association of Wikipedians who share an interest in food and drink related matters who have come together to co-ordinate the development of these articles on Wikipedia.
If you would like to help or require assistance, please inquire on the talk page, check the "Ways to contribute" section on this page, or just dig in and start editing!
To join the project, sign up at the participants page.
Topics
This WikiProject covers a very broad array of subjects, from national cuisines to various food dishes and beverages. The amount of topics that fall under our umbrella is huge, with over 34,000 articles and counting that are grouped into numerous categories.
Some examples of topics within this project's scope are listed below. Many more additional topics exist.
Foods, beverages, dishes and other foodstuffs;
Cuisines and national cuisines;
Commercial food vendors, manufactures and restaurants;
Chefs and food personalities.
Organization
Some organized activities include:
See the Project buttons page for an overview of project pages.
The editors and contributors to Wikipedia are the core of this project. Without you, we cannot reach our goal of becoming the premier site on the web for Food and Drink-related information! To that end, we have taken several steps to help you help us meet our goal. The links above provide some ways to contribute.
See the new article archive for a list of previous, manually-inputted entries.
This list was generated from these rules. Questions and feedback are always welcome! The search is being run daily with the most recent ~14 days of results. Note: Some articles may not be relevant to this project.
The following links are to pages that with lists of topics that require articles. There are literally hundreds of requests for new articles, and listing them would take up too much space. Instead we have provided links to the pages that contain the lists.
Delete unrelated trivia sections found in articles. Please review WP:Trivia and WP:Handling trivia to learn how to do this.
Add the {{WikiProject Food and drink}} project banner to food and drink related articles and content to help bring them to the attention of members. For a complete list of banners for WikiProject Food and drink and its child projects, select here.
Our Showcase features the best of Wikipedia featured content, including articles, media and other high quality content! You can click on the Showcase main page link above or go directly to the individual sections by using the navigation bar.
A small bronze star icon () on the top right corner of a page indicates that the article, image or other item is featured, unless the appropriate user preference is set.
Good articles
Good articles are considered to be of good quality, but are not yet as qualified as featured articles. Good articles meet the good article criteria, passing through the good article nomination process successfully. In short, they are written very well, contain factually accurate and verifiable information, are broad in coverage, neutral in point of view, stable, and illustrated, where possible, by relevant images with suitable copyright licenses. Good articles do not have to be as comprehensive as featured articles, but they should not omit any major facets of the topic.
Did you know... (DYK) consists of a series of "hooks", which are interesting facts taken from Wikipedia's newest content, in the format "Did you know that...?" Something that appeared on DYK was identified by an editor as being from new or recently expanded content and proposed an interesting "hook" designed to catch the eye of other readers. DYK is not a general trivia section, but is only for articles that have been either, created, expanded at least five-fold or were newly sourced and expanded at least two-fold at the time they were featured on the main page.
You can join this project or any of the related task forces by adding your name on the participants list by clicking on the Members page link or going directly to the individual pages by using the navigation bar at the top of this page. Also, you can place the {{User WP Food and drink}} template on your user page which will automatically place you in the WikiProject Food and Drink participants category.
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YJacktheBrown (talk·contribs) – one of the major contributors of Italian cuisine and everything related to it
YMacrakis (talk·contribs) -- Especially interested in food history, in particular trying to disentangle what actually happened from the romantic and/or nationalistic re-writings of history.
YElonka (talk·contribs) - working on nutritional supplements and infobox templates
YThe Banner (talk·contribs) - Lousy cook but interested in Michelin starred restaurants and chefs. Still working on the Michelin starred restaurants, in real life slowly moving into food production with related growth of knowledge.
YEricEnfermero (talk·contribs) - I'll eat anything that doesn't eat me first. (Haven't been active with food articles recently, but still interested in helping.)
YMiyagawa (talk·contribs) - Considering I've done two Good Articles and a whole bunch of DYKs for this project, it's probably about time I joined it. :) {Yep, still here!
YKiyoweap (talk·contribs) - Japanese cuisine; did articles on a few ingredients, looked up some history of cuisines, added to lists, created some categories.
YMercurywoodrose (talk·contribs) - chocolate, cheese, organic/slow food topics, and wikignome work on category structure, afd's, tagging articles for the project, etc
YChesPal (talk·contribs) - I am interested in improving any category related to food which interests me. I have a collection of over 400 cookbooks. Some of the categories are: Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Hungarian, Italian, Mexican, Thai, Jewish/Kosher, Traditional (Classic) American, Southern, Cajun, Middle Eastern, Vegetarian (including international recipes). I consider myself to be fairly proficient in many of these cuisines. I look forward to seeing where this project may be able to use my expertise.
YDennis Brown (talk·contribs) - American cuisine, particularly Texan, southern, southeastern and southwestern, as well as grilling/smoking/curing of meats.
YEruditescholar (talk·contribs) - African cuisine, Continental cuisine, restaurants and other Food-related articles
YFcia0423 (talk·contribs) - Rhetoric of food, Southern Italian Cooking, Restaurants, Cookbooks, Cake Art, Eating.
YChiswick Chap (talk·contribs) - thanks Northamerica1000. I'm focusing on English cuisine, especially its history.
YSchwiiz (talk·contribs) - Deutsch Lebensmittel (and anything else I can do). I lost the password to PrimaPreussen.
YErpert (talk·contribs) – Home cook; extremely interested in food-related articles, as well as articles about series (especially those that air on Food Network and Cooking Channel).
YOff-shell (talk·contribs) - interested mostly in East European, as well as in Western and Central Asian cuisines
YOnBeyondZebrax (talk·contribs) - Interests in many food and beverage articles, especially foods I'm trying to eat very little of, to lose weight. Somehow editing articles about apple pie, cookie and brownie is comforting :). At least you can sigh and gaze at the beautiful photos!
YChampagneB (talk·contribs) - this user is a foodie and isn't afraid to try any kinds of food for the first time, and would love to share knowledge and experiences. Particularly have a fondness interest in Asian cuisine.
YUju4Ever (talk·contribs)(Not receiving mass messages) - I like to eat and drink, too!
YSkoulikomirmigotripa (talk·contribs) – Bartender and cook with a particular interest in improving cocktail information on wiki and expanding information on Greece's alcohols and foods!
YFonsit (talk·contribs) Interested in expanding information on Mexican, Indian (the country), and rural American food
YIntrepid75 (talk·contribs)(Not receiving mass messages) Semi-retired academic and researcher, keen amateur cook, researching Elizabeth David's time on Syros
YLMiddWellFedandWellRead (talk·contribs)(Not receiving mass messages) Enthusiastic cook and researcher specialising in recipes and British food in the Nineteenth-century and Scottish food history.
YSeverestorm28 (talk·contribs) Improving food articles, especially fast-food and traditional meals, and regular meals as well.
YSomethingdelish (talk·contribs)(Not receiving mass messages) Masters in Food Studies, interested in artisan and small food producers, their role in food tourism, heritage, traditions and culture as well as food's comprehensive role in sustainability.
YIntrepid75 (talk·contribs) - lots of food related topics (Australian, French, Swiss, Italian and Yorkshire cuisines, baking, women food writers)
YSblument (talk·contribs) - Chicago restaurant scene, national scene in things like cocktail bars and Jewish delis, pizza, bars, food and drinking traditions, impact of these on culture
YEco2004 (talk·contribs) - Mainly interested in Sri Lankan, Indian, Pakistani, Chinese and Japanese cuisine.
NGeneTTaylor (talk·contribs)(Not receiving mass messages) - Sommelier (WSET) and culinary school graduate (US and Thailand); Wines of Oregon and Texas; Thai and Indian cuisine
The goal of the assessment task force is to grade the thousands of unassessed food and drink articles here on Wikipedia. These articles span the entire gamut of food and beverage topics in all associated projects, a list of which can be found in the to do section. You can join by clicking on the Assessment task force icon in the navbar above.
The Welcome Squad is a task force that welcomes new members and sends invitations to registered users to Wikipedia to join the project. Templates designed for these purposes are {{FD Welcome}} and {{FD invitation}}. You can join by adding your name here.
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The tool box contains several tools that are designed to make editing articles easier. This page has a range series of activities to help the project, improve articles, become a better editor, understand how to create a food and drink-centered article and what tools are used in the project to make participating easier.
You can click on the Tool box main page link above or go directly to the individual tools by using the navigation bar.