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Japanese Studies August 5, 2022

Middlemen of Modernity

Local Elites and Agricultural Development in Meiji Japan

Christopher Craig

Hosted by Ran Zwigenberg
Christopher Craig’s Middlemen of Modernity: Local Elites and Agricultural Development in Meiji Japan (U Hawaii Press, 2021) is a thoroughly research and engaging study of the role of local elites …

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Grinnell College: Authors and Artists August 1, 2022

Tasting Paradise on Earth

Jiangnan Foodways

Jin Feng

Hosted by Marshall Poe
Today I talked to Jin Feng of Grinnell College about her fascinating book Tasting Paradise on Earth: Jiangnan Foodways (U Washington Press, 2019). Preparing and consuming food is an integral part …
On Religion July 29, 2022

On Tibetan Buddhist Vegetarianism

A Discussion with Geoffrey Barstow

Geoffrey Barstow

Hosted by Gregory Soden
Dr. Geoffrey Barstow is assistant professor of religious studies at Oregon State University. His research focuses on the history and theory of vegetarianism in Tibet. He is the editor and …
Food July 18, 2022

Food Discourse of Celebrity Chefs of Food Network

Kelsi Matwick and Keri Matwick

Hosted by Carrie Helms Tippen
Kelsi Matwick and Keri Matwick's book Food Discourse of Celebrity Chefs of Food Network (Palgrave MacMillan, 2019) explores a fascinating, yet virtually unexplored research area: the language of food used on …
East Asian Studies July 14, 2022

Milk Craze

Body, Science, and Hope in China

Veronica S. W. Mak

Hosted by Nathan Hopson
Veronika Mak’s Milk Craze: Body, Science, and Hope in China (U of Hawaii Press, 2021) mixes historical and ethnographic research on milk to understand the morality politics of class, labor, and identity …
Food July 14, 2022

Baking, Bourbon, and Black Drink

Foodways Archaeology in the American Southeast

Tanya M. Peres and Aaron Deter-Wolf

Hosted by Carrie Helms Tippen
Understanding and explaining societal rules surrounding food and foodways have been the foci of anthropological studies since the early days of the discipline. Baking, Bourbon, and Black Drink: Foodways Archaeology …
On Religion July 7, 2022

On 'Just Enough,' Oryoki, and Japanese Cooking

A Discussion with Gesshin Claire Greenwood

Gesshin Claire Greenwood

Hosted by Gregory Soden
Gesshin Claire Greenwood is the author of Bow First, Ask Questions Later and the popular blog That’s So Zen. She trained in Japanese Zen monasteries, including in the kitchen, for …
High Theory July 4, 2022

Biscuit Art

A Discussion with Ella Hawkins

Ella Hawkins

Hosted by Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Ella Hawkins talks about the biscuits she makes, inspired by her research on Elizabethan dress, and on everything from William Morris wallpapers to TV shows like Outlander and Game of …
Food June 29, 2022

Edible Insects

A Global History

Gina Louise Hunter

Hosted by Amir Sayadabdi
From grasshoppers to grubs, an eye-opening look at insect cuisine around the world. An estimated two billion people worldwide regularly consume insects, yet bugs are rarely eaten in the West …
Italian Studies June 23, 2022

Pasta, Pizza and Propaganda

A Political History of Italian Food TV

Francesco Buscemi

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
The three protagonists of Pasta, Pizza and Propaganda: A Political History of Italian Food TV (Intellect, 2022) are food, television and politics. These are the three main characters that interrelate …
Food June 22, 2022

Food Instagram

Identity, Influence, and Negotiation

Emily J. H. Contois and Zenia Kish

Hosted by Amir Sayadabdi
Image by image and hashtag by hashtag, Instagram has redefined the ways we relate to food. Emily J. H. Contois and Zenia Kish edit contributions that explore the massively popular …
Latino Studies June 17, 2022

A Place at the Nayarit

How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community

Natalia Molina

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
In 1951, Doña Natalia Barraza opened the Nayarit, a Mexican restaurant in Echo Park, Los Angeles. With A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community (U California …
On Religion June 17, 2022

On Religion, Food, and Eating in America

A Discussion with Nora Rubel and Ben Zeller

Nora Rubel and Ben Zeller

Hosted by Gregory Soden
Dr. Nora Rubel is the Jane and Alan Batkin Professor of Jewish Studies and Chair of the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester in New York …
On Religion June 16, 2022

On Buddhism, Adventures, and Cooking Ethics

A Discussion with Eric Ripert

Eric Ripert

Hosted by Gregory Soden
Eric Ripert is chef and co-owner of Le Bernardin on 7th Avenue in Manhattan’s Theater District, author of the autobiography 32 Yolks: From My Mother’s Table to Working the Line …
Disability Studies June 10, 2022

Food Allergy Advocacy

Parenting and the Politics of Care

Danya Glabau

Hosted by Autumn Wilke
A detailed exploration of parents' fight for a safe environment for their kids, interrogating how race, class, and gender shape health advocacy The success of food allergy activism in highlighting …
Sociology June 3, 2022

School Farms

Feeding and Educating Children

Alshimaa Aboelmakarem Farag, Samaa Badawi, and Gurpinder Lalli

Hosted by Rituparna Patgiri
School Farms: Feeding and Educating Children (Routledge, 2021) highlights the potential of school farms to fight hunger and malnutrition by providing access to locally produced, fresh, and healthy food as …
Economic and Business History May 31, 2022

Building a Housewife's Paradise

Gender, Politics, and American Grocery Stores in the Twentieth Century

Tracey Deutsch

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
The title of the book that we are introducing today is Building a Housewife's Paradise Gender, Politics, and American Grocery Stores in the Twentieth Century. This is not a new …
Environmental Studies May 30, 2022

Economic Poisoning

Industrial Waste and the Chemicalization of American Agriculture

Adam M. Romero

Hosted by Eyad Houssami
The toxicity of pesticides to the environment and humans is often framed as an unfortunate effect of their benefits to agricultural production. In Economic Poisoning: Industrial Waste and the Chemicalization …
Anthropology May 30, 2022

Genetically Modified Democracy

Transgenic Crops in Contemporary India

Aniket Aga

Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
How the debate over genetically modified crops in India is transforming science and politics. Genetically modified or transgenic crops are controversial across the world. Advocates see such crops as crucial …
High Theory May 30, 2022

Modernist Mushrooms

A Discussion with Shalini Sengupta

Shalini Sengupta

Hosted by Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Shalini Sengupta thinks together ‘the mycological turn’ in the humanities and the narrative and aesthetic work that mushrooms do in some modernist literature. She draws from Anna Tsing’s The Mushroom …