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Food
Interview with authors and scholars about books on food and the culinary arts.
October 13, 2026
American Bread
There is no humbler food than bread, none easier to take for granted. So ancient that it shows up in prehistoric sites, bread is still full of surpris…
October 2, 2026
58 “A Mellified Redemption? Learning to Live with a Pest Through Spotted Lanternfly Honey”
Rosi Song of Gastronomica’s Editorial Collective hosts authors Eve Z. Bratman and Anna Purchase in a discussion of their newly published research arti…
September 24, 2026
Sugar Coated
In Sugar Coated: Unboxing the Hidden Forces Shaping America's Favorite Breakfast Food (U California Press, 2026), world-renowned food politics expert …
September 18, 2026
Pierogi
Today, pierogi are the most recognizable Polish food in the United States and a symbol of Polish American identity. How did this humble dish attain su…
September 18, 2026
A House in the Lebanese Mountains
High in the Lebanese mountains above Beirut sits Beit Trad, an eighteenth-century family home that Sarah Trad transformed into a guesthouse devoted to…
September 15, 2026
Better Than Grandma's
We all love the desserts we grew up with-the ones tied to family, tradition, and the moments we remember most. But as much as we love those recipes, t…
September 4, 2026
57 The Next Issue
In this episode, Melissa Fuster and Rosi Song of Gastronomica’s Editorial Collective introduce the journal’s latest issue, Fall 2026 (volume 26, issue…
September 1, 2026
This Beautiful Country
In This Beautiful Country: How Italy's Nature Shaped Its Culture and Civilisation (Chelsea Green, 2026), discover Italy’s unique ecological past and h…
August 31, 2026
56 Gastronomy as Sensory Engineering
One year after the publication of Gastronomica’s special feature on food and philosophy, Robert T. Valgenti of the Editorial Collective revisits the q…
August 21, 2026
Gather
Food justice is defined as the understanding that our food system is unequal and that something needs to be done about it. But how can we create a wor…
August 20, 2026
The Making of Modern Eating
Nineteenth-century Germany invented the way we eat. Women experimenting in households, French chefs fleeing guillotines, and one of the most rapid…
August 19, 2026
Routes of Taiwan Tea
From misty mountain oolongs to the global boba boom, Taiwan’s teas carry far more than flavor. They embody contested borders, evolving identities, and…
August 18, 2026
This World in a Teacup
Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee, …
August 15, 2026
Land of Famished Beings
In Land of Famished Beings: West Papuan Theories of Hunger (Duke UP, 2025), Sophie Chao examines how Indigenous Marind communities understand and theo…
August 15, 2026
Shadow Negotiators
Shadow Negotiators: How UN Organizations Shape the Rules of World Trade for Food Security (Stanford University Press, 2023) by Dr. Matias E. Marguli…
August 7, 2026
55 The Microbiopolitics of Novel Foods
What role do microbes play in aquaponic farming and cultivated meat production, and how might such novel food technologies impact microbiomes? In this…
July 30, 2026
Hungry Oklahoma
In Oklahoma, one out of every six residents is poor. One in five children lives in poverty and faces food insecurity. In Hungry Oklahoma: Confronting …
July 25, 2026
Agrarian Superpower
The United States’ superpower status is often associated with its industrial, financial, and military might. Yet its global power after the Second Wor…
July 24, 2026
Against Heritage
The rise of “heritage” foods—that is, the reinvention of traditional foods—has enjoyed a high profile thanks to the oft-praised efforts of chefs such …
July 24, 2026
Feeding the World as If People Mattered
Backyard gardens flush with cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers where bees buzz and chickens scratch. Beyond, a forest filled with blackberries and jewel…