Max Haiven Palm Oil: The Grease of Empire. Pluto Press, London, 2022. ISBN 9780745345826. Leonidas Vournelis (Baruch College) Max Haiven’s…
Third Annual Anthropology Day Photo Contest!
SAFN is once again organizing a food/nutrition photo contest for Anthropology Day (February 16). If you have food anthropology related…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, A New Year
David Beriss A new year and a new column. As a reminder, this is a brief digest of food and…
Review: Gastronativism
Fabio Parasecoli. Gastronativism: Food, Identity, Politics. Columbia University Press. New York: 2022. ISBN:9780231202077 Mary Black (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) Politics…
CFP ASFS/AFHVS 2023: Knowing Food
A quick reminder that the final deadline to submit proposals for the ASFS/AFHVS 2023 Conference is January 15! Click here…
Waffle House: Sameness, Diversity and Southern Image
Andrew Mitchel and Laurie K. SmithThe Ohio State University Waffle House occupies a distinct space in the American culinary imaginary.…
On the Corner of Greenwich and Horatio
David Sutton It was a small, unassuming entrance, hidden away on the corner of Greenwich and Horatio Streets in New…
Review: Koshersoul
Michael W. Twitty. Koshersoul: The Faith and Journey of an African American Jew. Amistad—An Imprint of Harper Collins. New York:…
The Sophie Coe Prize in Food History 2023
See below for a call for applications for the Sophie Coe Prize. While technically a history prize, anthropologists have won…
Cooking and tasting as complex practice in the work of Amy Trubek
David Sutton In this seventh interview with Professor Amy Trubek (University of Vermont), we discuss the difficult path she followed…
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