by Leo Vournelis This past weekend another prominent politician became the victim of “yaourtoma”. This time it was the minister … More
Category: economics
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
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
Cool tool to track food prices
“The price of everything is getting higher and higher these days” – person in Jimma, Ethiopia. A new tool gives … 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
Seafood Solidarity
Even before I wrote up the restaurant guide for the upcoming AAA meeting in New Orleans, people were asking me … 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
Wheat prices “tumble” — for now?
miles and miles of Washington wheat Last week I reported on the dramatic rise in wheat prices and suggested that … More
Food prices on the rise (again)
Two years after the vicious spike in food prices, global food prices are once again on the rise. Are we … More
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