About Valerie J. Korinek Valerie J. Korinek is a professor in the Department of History at University of Saskatchewan, and is the author of Roughing It in Suburbia: Reading Chatelaine Magazine in the Fifties and Sixties. Books by Valerie J. Korinek Edible Histories, Cultural Politics Towards a Canadian Food History by (author) Franca Iacovetta, Valerie J. Korinek & Marlene Epp Finding a Way to the Heart Feminist Writings on Aboriginal and Women's History in Canada edited by Jarvis Brownlie & Valerie J. Korinek