A Historian’s Take on Food and Food Politics
Girls in national dress primping in bathroom Sorry to all those who checked an earlier post to find a blank page. A genie. So here we go again. One of the best food conferences I have attended in ages, this occupied four whole days from 8 in the morning to 8 at night (with parties [...]
“Foie gras belongs to the protected cultural and gastronomical heritage of France”, according to French law (French rural code L654-27-1). Hmm. Go read Michaela DeSoucey’s article on gastronationalism in the prestigious American Sociological Review, an article that uses all the technical tools of sociology to get to the politics underlying this preemptive claim. Here’s her [...]
So here’s Nicola Twilley’s transcript of Fueling Mexico City: A Grain Revolution, the talk I gave at Postopolis 2010 last week in Mexico City. Do go to her post too because in addition to the transcript, she has great reflections on (and photos of) our afternoon wandering through the shops, supermarkets and small restaurants of [...]
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