Flat Tuesday
Leah Chase Float House, New Orleans, 2/15/2021. Photo: David Beriss David Beriss Today is Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, and it is usually …
Review: Food Festivals
Food Festivals and Local Development in Italy: A Viewpoint from Economic Anthropology. Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco. London: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN #978-3-030-53321-2. Xli + …
Face masks as freedom and belonging
By Quirina Geijsen Face masks, you can see them everywhere now. They come in different shapes and sizes and are offered in …
CFP: Special Issue for Food, Culture, & Society on Food and World’s Fairs/Expositions
A call for papers that could be of particular interest to SAFN members and FoodAnthropology readers who study festivals, fairs, and other …
Smithsonian Food History Weekend
If you expect to be in the Washington DC area between October 26 and 28 you may want to consider attending the …
Feelings into words: Harvest Festival Part 2
Describing, in words, what it’s like to be at a rave is one of the most difficult things I’ve had to do …
Yin and yang at Harvest Festival: Part 1
NOTE: I will not be discussing my regular research topic (drug use) in this post, out of respect to the organizers of …
A happy ending for 30,000 mollyed-out kids running around Toronto.
My heart dropped into my stomach when I first saw the announcement. Fireworks and junk during Zedd’s finale. “You’re welcome for this …