By Annie Sheng, Cornell University In one baking school in Yokohama, I wait as my bread dough rises. The instructor serves me mochi (pounded rice cake) that she…
By Simone Pierre Delerme Memphis’ Summer Avenue has become an enclave with a concentration of Latino-owned restaurants and small businesses. Along the corridor, one will find some…
David Beriss 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…
CFP: AAA 2018 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, November 14-18, 2018 San Jose, California Organizers: Natalia Gutkowski (Harvard University) and Ashawari Chaudhuri (MIT) Time and …
This fourth installment of the series, “Latinx Foodways in North America,” introduces the work of Teresa Mares, Associate Professor in Anthropology at the University of Vermont. Mares̵…
David Beriss 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…
Does your research look at food practices, food supply chains, local cuisines or agriculture in a changing environment? Does your work draw broadly on the themes of temporality…
With the title, “Latinx Foodways in North America,” we aim to put the series in a more international perspective, inclusive of the United States, Caribbean, Mexico, Central America,…
The Culinaria Research Centre at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time postdoctoral fellowship in the field of Food Studies. The Culinaria Research Centre is one…
David Beriss President, Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition Happy New Year! We have news of changes here at FoodAnthropology and, more broadly, at the Society…
David Beriss 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…
One last program update before heading up to DC. I recently received notification from alert readers about the following panels, which are food-related and interesting. One of them,…
A very timely reminder from SAFN program co-organizer Abigail Adams about events coming up this week! This is your SAFN Programs Co-organizer for the AAA annual meetings, looking…
A week or so ago we posted a listing of the panels sponsored by SAFN at the upcoming meetings of the American Anthropological Association. It is a glorious…
Blog Editor’s note: This is the second installment in FoodAnthropology’s series on Latinx foodways in North America. We welcome contributions from researchers in this area. More details about…
We are very happy to announce the 2017 winner of the Thomas Marchione Food-as-a-Human-Right Student Award. This annual prize is awarded to a student whose work continues and…
The annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association is rapidly approaching. The conference will be held November 29-December 3 in Washington DC, mostly at the Marriott Wardman Park…
Eating the Ocean. Elspeth Probyn. Duke University Press, 2016. L. G. Brown (Indiana University) In, Eating the Ocean, Elspeth Probyn contributes to an anthropology of food in two…
The Taste Culture Reader: Experiencing Food and Drink. 2nd edition. Carolyn Korsmeyer (ed). Bloomsbury, 2016. Greg de Sant-Maurice (University of Toronto and EHESS) Taste is of interest to…
Blog Editor’s note: This is the first installment in FoodAnthropology’s new series on Latinx foodways in North America. We welcome contributions from researchers in this area. More details…
Sarah Fouts, series editor Postdoctoral Fellow Latin American and Latino Studies Program Lehigh University From threats of “taco trucks on every corner” and immigration raids in restaurants to…
David Beriss 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…
We just received this job announcement that will certainly be of interest to SAFN members! The Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences at the University of Vermont seeks…
Here is a great opportunity for a recent PhD…note that anthropological perspectives are especially welcome! Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, Steinhardt Sch…