The 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the obfuscation of measurement

Andrea Wiley Indiana University The 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) were finally released on January 7 2016 to the … More

King Cake!

David Beriss University of New Orleans I ate three pieces of cake on Wednesday. All in the name of research, … More

Romanian shepherds at the baracades

Everyone once in a while I read a news headline that makes me do a double take: “Romanian riot police … More

Integrating Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities in the Food Systems Program at the University of Vermont

Today, we will hear from Dr. Amy Trubek, Associate Professor of Nutrition & Food Science in the College of Agriculture and … More

Fundraiser Jambalaya

David Beriss University of New Orleans I recently asked my food and culture students to write short essays about foods … More

Food in Culture and Social Justice at Oregon State University

Today, we will hear from Joan Gross, Professor of Anthropology discussing Oregon State University’s Food in Culture and Social Justice … More

Eating in the Side Room: Food, Archaeology, and African American Identity

Review of: Warner, Mark S. 2015. Eating in the Side Room: Food, Archaeology, and African American Identity. Gainesville: University Press of … More

Thinking, and doing: Willa Zhen on Teaching Anthropology of Food at the Culinary Institute of America

Lauren Moore University of Kentucky This month, we hear from Willa Zhen, Associate Professor at The Culinary Institute of America. She … More

Necessary Knowledge: Where Denver Anthropologists Drink and Eat

John Brett University of Colorado Denver As a Denver native and passionate eater of foods, what follows is my personal, … More

Second International Conference on Food History and Cultures

Call for Sessions and Papers: Second International Conference on Food History and Cultures 26-27 May 2016 – Tours (France) The … More