Sarah Fouts, series editor Postdoctoral Fellow Latin American and Latino Studies Program Lehigh University From threats of “taco trucks on … More
Category: anthropology of food
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, October 9, 2017
David Beriss A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we … More
Review: The Sociology of Food
The Sociology of Food: Eating the Place of Food in Society. Jean-Pierre Poulain. Translated by Augusta Dorr. Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. … More
There is no such thing as spaghetti bolognaise: The rights and wrongs of a ragù
Markus Bell Arguably Italy’s most famous dish, certainly the one most likely to appear on the children’s menu in your … More
Review: Selling Local
Selling Local: Why Local Food Movements Matter. Jennifer Meta Robinson and James Robert Farmer. Indiana University Press, 2017. <! Ryan … More
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, July 3, 2017
David Beriss A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we … More
Food Studies for Anthropologists
David Beriss I have just returned from the joint annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Food and … More
Review: Metabolic Living
Metabolic Living: Food, Fat, and The Absorption of Illness in India. Harris Solomon. Duke University Press, 2016. Gauri Anilkumar Pitale … More
Review: Real Pigs
Real Pigs: Shifting Values in the Field of Local Pork Brad Weiss. Duke University Press, 2016. Neri de Kramer University … More
What EM Is Reading and Watching
Another set of thought-provoking readings and recommendations from frequent FoodAnthropology contributor Ellen Messer. Note that while many of these are … More