Leonidas VournelisBaruch College, CUNY In part one of this essay, I briefly described the workings of the “Household’s Basket”, a … More
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The Household’s Basket: Households in a basket
Leonidas VournelisBaruch College, CUNY Editor’s note: This is part 1 of a 2 part essay. Like most EU countries during … More
Review: Bigger Fish to Fry: A Theory of Cooking as Risk, with Greek Examples
David E. Sutton, Bigger Fish to Fry: A Theory of Cooking as Risk, with Greek Examples, Berghahn, 2021, ISBN 978-1-80073-223-0 … More
“Every Time You Make A Recipe, You Take A Risk,” An Interview With David Sutton
David Beriss I sat down with David Sutton for a wonderful conversation about his research. We explore commensality, synesthesia, memory, … More
4th Symposium of Greek Gastronomy
Received from Mariana Kavroulaki, who you may contact at mkavroulakis@gmail.com if you have questions. 4th Symposium of Greek Gastronomy Known, Forgotten and … More
Book Review: Greek Whisky!
Bampilis, Tryfon. 2013. Greek Whisky. The Globalization of a Global Commodity. Oxford: Berghahn. Ellen Messer Tufts University As a culinary … 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