Christine Wilson Award Winner, Part II
Yesterday we announced this year’s winner of the 2016 Christine Wilson Undergraduate Award and today we are proud to announce the winner of the 2016 Christine Wilson Graduate…
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Christine Wilson Award Winner, Part I
The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition is pleased to announce the winners for our annual Christine Wilson prize. This prize goes to outstanding research papers…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, November 11, 2016
A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to dberiss@gmail.com or…
Anthropology of Food, the Journal
The latest issue of Anthropology of Food is now available. The theme is “Food Cultures and Territories” and it includes articles by and interviews with SAFN members. This…
Mezcal: Hybrid Authentication
The third in our series of abstracts of papers submitted for SAFN’s annual Christine Wilson Award. Winners have been selected and will be recognized at the annual meeting of…
What Else Ho Reha Hai? Reflections On My Fieldwork Website
Several of us here at the Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition recently had the pleasure of reviewing submissions for our annual Christine Wilson Award. Winners…
Unlikely Eats: Paying Homage to Marge Gunderson in Minnesota
Frances Santagate Sutton Going to Minneapolis for the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association? Readers of the blog who have never been to Minnesota may be trying…
The Amatriciana per Amatrice Campaign: Reflections on Food, Solidarity, and the Earthquake in Central Italy
Elisa Ascione and Michael A. Di Giovine In the early hours of August 24, 2016, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Central Italy. Its epicenter lay below small medieval…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, October 26, 2016
A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to dberiss@gmail.com or…
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 cultural landmark. This is the mirror opposite of…
11th Annual Wine Economics Conference
We recently received the following announcements, which may be of interest to all of you wine anthropologists: (1) CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS The 11th Annual Conference of the American Association…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, October 4, 2016
A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to dberiss@gmail.com or…
Mill City Museum
David Beriss Going to Minneapolis for the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association? Readers of this blog will probably want to explore the diverse foods available around…
The SCOBY Schism
Several of us here at the Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition recently had the pleasure of reviewing submissions for our annual Christine Wilson Award. Winners…
Daniel Carasso Prize/Premio Daniel Carasso
Just ran across this prize announcement from the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation. It seems like there ought to be some solid nominees among SAFN members! Note the…
Third International Conference on Food History and Cultures
Recently received conference announcement and call for sessions that should be of great interest to FoodAnthropology readers! Call for sessions Third International Conference on Food History and Cultu…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, September 22, 2016
A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to dberiss@gmail.com or…
Naresaba: A Fraught History of Fermented Mackerel Sushi
Shingo Hamada Osaka Shoin Women’s University Fermentation is a preservation technology often seen in Southeast Asia and East Asia, including fish sauce and fermented fish. However, naresaba (fermente…
Gustolab Spring 2017 Opportunity
We recently received this notice from Salem Paulos, of Gustolab, of an opportunity that may be of interest to our readers: We are still accepting applications for the…
Fear of Foodways? On Trigger Warnings, Horses, and a Dropped Class
David Beriss University of New Orleans A few years ago I received an angry email from a student, informing me that she was dropping my “Food and Culture”…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, September 6, 2016
A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to dberiss@gmail.com…
Thomas Marchione Award
The September 10 deadline is fast approaching! Don’t miss this opportunity for fame and glory (and a prize). FoodAnthropology Thomas Marchione Award: Recognizing Outstanding Student Research H…
Shake Shack Burger Fever in Korea
Sangyoub Park Washburn University The popular American burger chain Shake Shack just opened its first Korean store on July 22, in the Gangnam District of Seoul, which is…
AFHVS/ASFS Annual Meeting and Conference, June 14-17, 2017
It is time for the annual call for abstracts from the best food studies conference in North America. This year it will be hosted at Occidental College, in…