Amy Trubek with Elisa Ascione and Manuel Barbato Why am I in Umbria spending time with craft brewers and tasting…
Milk…It’s Good to Think
David McMurray Anthropology, emeritus Oregon State University I am a product of the Upper Midwest with its (waning) Scandinavian and…
What FoodAnthro is reading, March 8, 2019
A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include?…
CFP: AAA/CASCA 2019 in Vancouver, BC
ATTN SAFN MEMBERS: Start planning your sessions for AAA/CASCA 2019 in Vancouver, BC! The time has come to start planning…
Review: From Virtue to Vice
Richard A. O’Connor and Penny Van Esterik. From Virtue to Vice: Negotiating Anorexia. Food, Nutrition, and Culture Series. V. 4.…
Review: Authentic Italian
Di Maio, Dina M. Authentic Italian. The Real Story of Italy’s Food and Its People. ISBN#13:978-0-9996255-0-7 Francesca Gobbo University of…
AAA Communities Coming Soon!
David Beriss This is going to be a very quick note about two related things. First, many SAFN members (and…
Review: Against The Grain
James C. Scott Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. ISBN #: 9780300182910…
Review: The Agency of Eating
Emma-Jayne Abbots The Agency of Eating: Mediation, Food and the Body. London: Bloomsbury, 2017. ISBN #9781472598530 Molly Hilton (Wayne State University)…
The Sophie Coe Prize in Food History 2019
Yet another great opportunity for the essayists among us! For further information, please visit the prize web site. Although the…