Sidney Mintz was a professor of anthropology at Johns Hopkins University who wrote about slavery, labor, markets, and food books such as Worker in the Cane (1960), Sweetness and Power (1985) and Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom (1996). This interview was conducted by Dr. Jonathan Thomas, and anthropologist and former student, in 2013 at Mintz’s home in Cockeysville, Maryland.

What happens when you’re the most famous archaeologist in the world and you’re past your prime?