Link Buffet: Why are you like this?
I was so interested to readRachel Lauden’s take on the term “foodways,” a word frequently used in anthropological and sociological food studies to mean both food custom and culture. I have […]
What I’m cooking: February
It still feels like February outside so I’m squeaking in with some February roundups here and on my book blog. What I’m cooking: I’ve long appreciated this simple chickpea stew […]
Link Buffet: Personal and Political
I have trouble articulating why I’m so attracted to Sith imagery lately. Obviously I don’t identify or even sympathize with the Empire. But as I sit here in my cute […]
What I’m Cooking: January
Well, I guess it is time to get back to work. I’ve been experiencing the same malaise that many of my peers have felt since November, and feeling sort of […]
Link Buffet: A Hot Mess
I am fond of the term “hot mess” to describe situations that have gone so far off the rails or fallen so short of expectations that the resulting debacle is either […]
What I’m cooking: November
What I’ve cooked recently: I threw myself a party and checked off most of my autumnal cooking wish list. I mulled two liters of wine. I boiled up all my ginger […]
Food Playlist #20: Trick or Treat!
Happy Halloween! In honor of a celebration that, even more than Christmas or Valentine’s Day, is defined by an excess of sugar, this week’s playlist is inevitably all about candy. Commentary […]
Link Buffet: Recommendations
If you’re in a food rut: Brain Pickings, Salvador Dali’s Rare, Erotic Vintage Cookbook If you’re hungry for eye candy: I enjoy the hyperrealistic food paintings posted by Italian artist Marcello […]
Food Playlist #19: Apple songs + Magritte paintings
For the northern half of the western hemisphere, apples carry many meanings. Apples are simple, wholesome, pastoral pleasures; they are gifts for the teacher and ingredients for the stay-at-home mother. They are […]
Reflections on disgust after tasting Nutraloaf
In an earlier draft of one of my dissertation chapters, I made one or two claims that leaned on the assumption that tasting food is rarely a neutral act and usually elicits […]
