David Beriss I sat down with David Sutton for a wonderful conversation about his research. We explore commensality, synesthesia, memory, … More
Category: anthropology of food
Fish as Food: Lifestyle and a Sustainable Future
SAFN member Ellen Messer has written to us here at SAFN World Headquarters about the virtual International Conference on the … More
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, April 26, 2021
David Beriss Do you teach courses related to the anthropology of food and nutrition? From intro courses on food and … More
Review: Freedom Farmers
Monica M. White. Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement. University of North Carolina Press, 2018. ISBN # … More
Flat Tuesday
David Beriss Today is Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, and it is usually the occasion for the big blow out celebration … More
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, January 28, 2021
David Beriss The pandemic grinds on and we read. We read and we listen to podcasts, which proliferate like tribbles, … More
Review: Our Daily Bread
Our Daily Bread: A Meditation on the Cultural and Symbolic Significance of Bread Throughout History Predrag Matvejević. Translated from the … More
Review: The Labor of Lunch
Gaddis, Jennifer E. (2019). The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools. … More
Review: Food Festivals
Food Festivals and Local Development in Italy: A Viewpoint from Economic Anthropology. Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco. London: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN #978-3-030-53321-2. … More
The Sophie Coe Prize in Food History 2021
See below for a call for applications for the Sophie Coe Prize. While technically a history prize, anthropologists have won … More
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