Review: White Bread
Bobrow-Strain, Aaron. White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf. Beacon Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-080704467-4. Laura Valli Washington State University Aaron Bobrow-Strain in White Bread fol…
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From Jute Harvests to Mall Food Courts: Fostering Discourse through Food Spaces
Sarah Fouts American Studies, UMBC Blog editors’ note: This is the spring edition of the Latinx Foodways in North America series, which looks at different approaches scholars use…
Making #DominicanFoodStudies a thing!
By Vanessa García Polanco, Michigan State University Blog editors’ note: This is the fall edition of the Latinx Foodways in North America series, which looks at different approaches…
Stepping into the lo‘i: On taro production and community building at Hawai‘i’s Kānewai
By Annie Sheng, Cornell University (The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Visiting Researcher) We volunteers peel off our socks and shoes, roll up our pants, expose our legs…
Race, Food, and Rebellion: Detroit’s History and Conflicts over Food Access
By Alex B. Hill http://alexbhill.org In the City of Detroit there is a history of unequal access to quality grocery stores and discriminatory treatment while shopping. Many…
How Bad Is Food Insecurity for Disabled Americans? It’s worse than the Census data show
Elaine Gerber With the 2020 Census around the corner and proposed changes to it highly politicized , I want to hold up to everyone – especially my fellow food ethnographers…
Radio Ethnography, Restaurant Kitchens and #MeToo
Our SAFN president David Beriss has put out a call for blog posts on food workers, food service, restaurant kitchens and the #MeToo movement. So my ears perked…