Anthropology of Food

see also

Soul Food
  Food Ethics
  Food History
 Food Sovereignty

In the News . . .

• ‘The most amazing link to our history’: the farmers reclaiming their heritage one seed at a time -- The Guardian (23 May 2022)
  
  
• Food Appropriation: Why is it so Important to Talk About? -- Eatnom (27 July 2021)
  
  
• Culinary appropriation! Gordon Ramsay is slammed by Puerto Ricans for making 'staple island dish' pegao that is just the word locals use for rice that's stuck to the bottom of the pot -- Daily Mail (02 July 2021)
  
  
• Culinary appropriation or appreciation? Restaurateurs hash it out -- Times Union (30 April 2021)
  
  
• How the colonisation of India influenced global food -- Aljazeera (01 April 2021)
  
  
• Foods of Oppression -- frontiers (17 March 2021)
  
  
• Save us from the insane ‘cultural appropriation’ complaints about … food -- New York Post (17 January 2021)
  
  
• Settee, Priscilla, and Shailesh Shukla (Eds.). Indigenous Food Systems: Concepts, Cases, and Conversations. Toronto: Canadian Scholars, 2020.
  
  
• Sean Sherman: What Can We Learn From Indigenous Culinary Traditions? [Part 2 of TED Radio Hour episode: The Food Connection] -- NPR (03 September 2021)
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• ChangeMakers: Sean Sherman, teaching Indigenous food traditions as cultural preservation -- MPRNews (11 November 2020)
  
  
• Cecilia Chiang, Who Brought Authentic Chinese Food to America, Dies at 100 -- The New York Times (28 October 2020)
  
  
• The (R)Evolution of Indigenous Foods -- Sean Sherman, TEDxSiouxFalls (18 September 2020)
  
  
• Japan’s surprising ‘Western’ cuisine [yoshoku ] -- BBCtravel (15 July 2020)
  
  
• Quilombo cuisine: Rescuing the ancient cuisine of African slaves food -- BBCNews (22 September 2019)
  
  
• A forgotten food of the American South [pokeweek] -- BBCtravel (19 March 2019)
  
  
• Yia Vang, ambassador for Hmong food -- MPRNews (06 March 2019)
  
  
• What foods did your ancestors love? -- Aparna Pallavi, TEDxCapeTownWomen (December 2018)
  
  
• How to Actually Eat Like a Local While Traveling -- The New York Times (27 September 2018)
  
  
• Deutsch, Jonathan, Ed., We Eat What?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Unusual Foods in the United States. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2018.
  
  
  • Roufs, Timothy G. 2018. "Booyah." From We Eat What?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Unusual Foods in the United States, by Jonathan Deutsch, (Ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 30-36.
    
    
  • Roufs, Timothy G. 2018. "Hot Dish." From We Eat What?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Unusual Foods in the United States, by Jonathan Deutsch, (Ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 171-176.
    
    
  • Roufs, Timothy G. 2018. "Potica." From We Eat What?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Unusual Foods in the United States, by Jonathan Deutsch, (Ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 249-258.
    
    
• 'My whole life has been a lie': Sweden admits meatballs are Turkish -- The Guardian (03 May 2018)
  
  
• Tokyo in Texas: Distinctive Japanese Food Is Thriving in Austin -- The New York Times (30 April 2018)
  
  
• ‘This is not a trend’: Native American chefs resist the ‘Columbusing’ of indigenous foods -- The Washington Post (22 November 2017)
  
  
• The Southern Foodways Alliance -- The Scout Report, October 06, 2017, Volume 23, Number 40
  "From its mission, the Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) "documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South." This means that on their website, visitors will find lots of media documenting Southern food. The film section features a collection of short films on topics such as fish camps, which are informal, often outdoor, fish restaurants that emerged along with the textile industry in the Carolinas and still exist as inexpensive family-friendly restaurants today. Also included are a biography of New Orleans chef Susan Spicer and Sour, Sweet, Spicy: Making a Home in Oxford Mississippi, a profile of the Zaap Thai restaurant founded by Thai immigrants. There's also the "Gravy" podcast series, with a new episode every week, including "Kimchi and Cornbread," "Korean food in Montgomery Alabama," and "Pie by Another Name," on burekas - hand pies filled with potato, rice, spinach, eggplant, and meat, baked by members of the congregation at Or VeShalom Synagogue in Atlanta. The scholarship section reminds us that the SFA is affiliated with the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, and lists lectures, publications, workshops, and fellowships for food scholars." -- DS, The Scout Report, October 06, 2017, Volume 23, Number 40
  
  
• How to Eat Like a Minnesotan (Don't Cha Know!) -- MplsStPaul (02 October 2017)
  
  
• CSA -- with a twist -- aims to create 'deeper understanding' of Hmong art, farmers -- MPRNews (26 September 2017)
  
  
• The truth behind New Orleans’ nebulous [po’ boy] sandwich -- BBCtravel (4 July 2017)
  
  
• Why The Story Of Southern Food Is As Much About People As Dishes -- MPRNews (11 June 2017)
  
  
• Reshaping soul food's identity -- Duluth News Tribune (22 February 2017)
  
  
• Native American Cuisine Returns to Its Roots -- National Geographic (23 November 2016)
  
  
• Asian fusion’s surprising origin -- BBCtravel (11 October 2016)
  
  
• This Historian Wants You To Know The Real Story Of Southern Food -- Michael Twitty, NPRTheSalt (01 October 2016)
  
  
• Don't call it 'the new ramen.' Why pho is central to Vietnamese identity -- MPRNews (13 September 2016)
  
  
• 'Bon Appétit' video of white chef explaining how to eat pho is peak cuisine Columbusing [Vietnam] -- Food.Mic (08 September 2016)
  
  
• Surprising Global Origins for Regional Food Favourites -- BBC News (08 June 2016)
  
  
• Michael Twitty on culinary justice - video -- Michael W Twitty, Guardian (27 October 2014)
  
  
• In Honor of National Soul Food Month: The Roots of Soul -- Michael W Twitty, Afroculinaria (02 June 2014)
  
  
• A Return to Traditional Foods Helps Some Fight Hunger on White Earth Reservation -- MPRNews (04 October 2011)
  
  

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• Afroculinaria -- Michael W. Twitty
  
  
• Densmore, Frances, "Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians," U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology, Annual Report, 1926-1927, 44 (1928), 275-397. (Reprinted as How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine, and Crafts. New York: Dover, 1974).
  
  
• Deutsch, Jonathan, Ed., We Eat What?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Unusual Foods in the United States. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2018.
  
  
  • Roufs, Timothy G. 2018. "Booyah." From We Eat What?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Unusual Foods in the United States, by Jonathan Deutsch, (Ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 30-36.
    
    
  • Roufs, Timothy G. 2018. "Hot Dish." From We Eat What?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Unusual Foods in the United States, by Jonathan Deutsch, (Ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 171-176.
    
    
  • Roufs, Timothy G. 2018. "Potica." From We Eat What?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Unusual Foods in the United States, by Jonathan Deutsch, (Ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 249-258.
    
    
• DOOR ("Database Of Origin & Registration") [of the European Commission] "includes product names for foodstuffs registered as Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) and Traditional Specialties Guaranteed (TSG) as well as names for which registration has been applied." -- European Commission > Agriculture and Rural Development > Quality policy > Agriculture and food > DOOR
  
  
• The Food Museum
  
  
• Food Routes
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• Kaplan, Ann R., Marjorie A. Hoover, and Williard B. Moore. The Minnesota Ethnic Food Book. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2003 [1986].
  
  
• Karstadt, Bruce N., Lila Peterson, and Irene Carlson. Var Sa God: Heritage and Favorite Recipes & Handbook of Swedish Traditions. Minneapolis, MN: American Swedish Institute, 2002.
  
  
• Kim, Kwang Ok (Ed.). Re-orienting Cuisine: East Asian Foodways in the Twenty-First Century. Food, Nutrition, and Culture Series. NY: Berghahn, 2015.
  

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• Nabhan, Gary Paul (Ed.). Forward by Deborah Madison. Renewing America's Food Traditions: Saving and Savoring the Continent's Most Endangered Foods. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green, 2008.
  
  
• Ojakangas, Beatrice A. Scandinavian Feasts: Celebrating Traditions throughout the Year. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2001.
  
  
• Pellegrini, Georgia. Food Heroes: 16 Culinary Artisans Preserving Tradition. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2010.
  
  
• Roufs, Timothy G. American Indian Oral History Collection, American Indian Oral History Collection, Vol. II, No. 21 -- Traditional Foods. (Paul Buffalo, et al. audiotape. Paul Buffalo discusses wild rice.) Dr. Joseph H. Cash, General Editor. New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, 1981. [UM DULUTH Library Multimedia PC 1203; see also microfiche collection]
  
  
• Twitty, Michael W. The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South. NY: HarperCollins, 2017.

• USDA
  • Census of Agriculture
  • Agricultural Marketing Service
    • Farmers Markets and Local Food Marketing
    • USDA National Farmers Market Directory