Food in World History: A 1995 Course at the University of Hawaii
Why I decided to teach food in world history It’s hard to remember that just twenty five years ago food was not considered a worthy academic subject, so it was…
Read moreHow History Matters to Contemporary Food Debates
That’s the subtitle of a new anthology, Food Fights, edited by Charles C. Ludington and Matthew Morse Booker. The food movement, represented in the media by writers such Eric Schlosser,…
Read moreOn Food, Technological Fixes, and the Breakthrough Dialogue
Here’s a rambling post but, yes, I do get to food, and eventually to the Breakthrough Dialogue. In 1973, I took my first job in the United States at…
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