by Alan Nash Department of Geography, Planning and Environment Concordia University, Montreal “What should I eat in Montreal?” As … More
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Let’s Root for Montreal’s Bagels!
by Christine Jourdan Forget about the rivalry between the New York Rangers and the Montreal Canadians, or between the … More
Strained Yogurt and People In Greece
by Leo Vournelis This past weekend another prominent politician became the victim of “yaourtoma”. This time it was the minister … More
Bread, Milk, and the Greek Parliamentary Record
by Leo Vournelis Two weeks ago the Greek government announced a new round of austerity measures targeted primarily at civil … More
Eating in Times of Financial Crisis
File it under “strange and unusual.” That’s what Reuters did in putting up the photo of one of many Yemeni … More
Rethinking School Lunch
It has been many years since I last confronted a school lunch. While I can recall some spectacular lunchroom antics … More
Anthropological perspectives on migration, food and nutrition
With the permission of the editors of Anthropology News, we republish SAFN’s monthly news column from that publication. This is the May 2011 column, edited … More
Contaminated cuisines and the omnivore’s dilemma
As a service to our readers and with the permission of the editors of Anthropology News, we have decided to … More
City of Gastronomy
The BP Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico (named, it seems, for the fictitious town invented by Gabriel Garcia … More
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