The videos for all the sessions of the conference (including the keynote speech delivered by Dolores Huerta) are now available.

Our own Natalia Mehlman Petrzela at Lang weighs in on the controversy about Eden Foods and its CEO’s pronunciation about reproductive rights and an activist federal government. Click here to read more.

by Fabio Parasecoli from Huffington Post There is something endearing about The Show with Vinnie, the purposefully trashy and low-tech MTV talk show, the most recent spin-off of the Jersey Shore reality TV hit. Hosted by Vinny Guadagnino, a former protagonist of the now defunct Jersey Shore series, each episode is taped in Vinny’s Staten […]

The Food Studies Program of the New School for Public Engagement is partnering with The James Beard Foundation (JBF) to host a series of panel discussions titled Dining + Design: Conversations with Chefs and Architects on Creating the Ideal Dining Experience. This unique series feature sconversations with top toques and architects, highlighting the critical relationship […]

When I was studying Asian languages in Italy, back in the 1980s, the few Chinese restaurants open in my native city of Rome only served two kinds of desserts: fried fruit and fried ice cream — the unlikely creation that Jennifer 8. Lee singles out in her TEDTalk about Chinese American food. When I moved […]

Today, many argue that the culinary world, and in particular the restaurant industry, is developing two opposing trends. On one hand, chefs are embracing farm-to-table dining; they highlight the provenance of their ingredients — emphasizing in particular local and organic ones — and stress the artisanal aspect of their craft. On the other hand, many […]