Anthropology of Food

PLEASE NOTE:

Both the Midterm Exam and Final Exam are open-book/open-notes essay exams.

So there should be very little work and effort spent on memorizing facts, other than, perhaps, where to go to find the information you are looking for.

More Information on Exams: Midterm / Final

• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • INTRODUCTION, "SETTING THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL TABLE"
  • Glossary page through the Glossary on pp. 301-312 and familiarize yourelf with the terms

•  Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan

  (Assignments start in Week 2)

• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky

  (Assignments start in Week 4)

• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • CHAPTER ONE: OMNIVOROUSNESS: CLASSIFYING FOOD

•  Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
  
  
  • Ch. 15 "The forager"
  • Ch. 16 "The omnivore's dilemma"
  • Ch. 17 "The ethics of eating animals"

  (We're starting this book here, with Michael Pollan's discussion of "The forager" and "The ethics of eating animals" as next Week we begin having a closer look at hunting / gathering / foraging as a way people get their food in nonindustrialized societies)

• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  
  • (Assignments start in Week 4)

• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • CHAPTER TWO: SETTLED INGREDIENTS: DOMESTIC FOOD PRODUCTION
    
    

•  Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
  
  
  • Ch. 18 "Hunting: the meat"
  • Ch. 19 "Gathering: the fungi"
  • Ch. 20 "The perfect meal"

  (We're continuing this book here, with Michael Pollan's discussion of Hunting and Gathering, and in Ch. 2 of Eating Culture we have a closer look at hunting / gathering /foraging as a way people get their food in nonindustrialized societies)

• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  
  • (Assignments start in Week 4)

• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • CHAPTER THREE: MOBILE INGREDIENTS: ROOTS, ROUTES, AND REALITIES OF INDUSTRIALIZED AGRICULTURE
    
    

•  Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
  
  
  • (Review)
    
    
• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  
  • "Introduction"
  • Ch. 1 "How to Read a Menu"

• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • CHAPTER FOUR: COOKS AND KITCHENS
    
    

•  Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
  
  
  • (Review)
    
    
• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  
  • Ch. 2 "Entrée"
  • Ch. 3 "From Sikbāj to Fish and Chips"

Review for Midterm Exam

f2024 Wk 4 Midterm Exam Submitted Question is due by the end of Week 4, Sunday, 22 September 2024

Early next week you can review the questions and my comments there, and use them as study questions

For after the Midterm Exam

• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • CHAPTER FIVE: RECIPES AND DISHES

•  Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
  
  
  • "Introduction: our national eating disorder"
  • Ch. 1 "The plant: corn's conquest"
  • Ch. 2 "The farm"
  • Ch. 3 "The elevator"
  • Ch. 4 "The feedlot: making meat"

  (We're starting this book here, with Michael Pollan's discussion of "The forager" and "The ethics of eating animals" as next Week we begin having a closer look at hunting / gathering / foraging as a way people get their food in nonindustrialized societies)

• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  
  • (Review)