Bridget Ann Henisch is the author of Fast and Feast: Food in Medieval Society (1976) and the co-author, with Heinz K. Henisch, of Positive Pleasures: Early Photography and Humor (1998), The Painted Photograph, 1839 1914: Origins, Techniques, Aspirations (1996), The Photographic Experience, 1839 1914: Images and Attitudes (1994), all from Penn State.