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Category: New Orleans

The Critic Retires: Fifty Years of Restaurant Writing

David Beriss What does it mean to be a restaurant critic for fifty years? I recently attended a dinner in … More

food writing, New Orleans, restaurant criticism, Tom Fitzmorris

Rethinking Food Justice After Hurricane Ida

David Beriss Back toward the end of August, I posted some thoughts here about food justice. That post was meant … More

disaster, food justice, hurricane ida, Louisiana, New Orleans

Flat Tuesday

David Beriss Today is Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, and it is usually the occasion for the big blow out celebration … More

carnival, Float House, king cake, Leah Chase, mardi gras, New Orleans

Going for the Gumbo

David Beriss This year marks the 50th anniversary of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, a massive two weekend … More

Anthropology of Food, food studies, gumbo, Jazz Fest, Louisiana, New Orleans

Thesis Review and Interview: Tacos, Gumbo, and Work

Photograph: Fernando Lopez Please note: As Associate Editor, I am soliciting reviews of recent dissertations in the Anthropology of Food. So … More

food, research, reviews, work

Recovery Workers, Latinx Foodways, and Small-Business Development in New Orleans

Blog Editor’s note: This is the first installment in FoodAnthropology’s new series on Latinx foodways in North America. We welcome … More

disaster, ethnic foodways, Latinx, migration, New Orleans, North American foodways

Fear, Fire, and Solidarity in New Orleans

David Beriss Someone tried to burn down the Flaming Torch restaurant last week. The restaurant, located in my neighborhood in … More

New Orleans, restaurants, solidarity, terror, United States

How To Make A Place

David Beriss I have been thinking a lot lately about the role of food in turning a place into a … More

Anthropology of Food, New Orleans, wine

Slow Fish

David Beriss University of New Orleans After the festivities of Carnival, we have Lent. Here in New Orleans, even if … More

New Orleans, seafood, slow fish, Slow Food

King Cake!

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

Anthropology of Food, carnival, king cake, mardi gras, New Orleans

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