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Food has become an increasingly visible arena where individuals, communities, and nations debate and define their cultural identity, their social standing, their political outlook,…
Food is not only good to eat; it is also increasingly enjoyed through media that range from one’s smartphone to cinema. In today’s popular…
The morning after Election Day, I found myself in a very small college town in rural Pennsylvania where people were celebrating the victory…
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Attention culinary historians of the 2516! If you think you know what we’re eating today by looking at our food blogs and Instagram feeds,…
By Fabio Parasecoli, Associate professor and coordinator of food studies, The New School. Chefs, in particular those who enjoy global visibility and celebrity appeal, are…
By Fabio Parasecoli, Associate professor and coordinator of food studies, The New School. And there we were, food writer Saverio de Luca and I…
Surely this has happened to you: One day you have a knotty research question. You begin with, say, Wikipedia. You click on a footnote…
By Fabio Parasecoli, Associate professor and coordinator of food studies, The New School. These days, it is impossible to tune out the heated debates…