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Category Archives: Playing with Food

Handmaking

December 3, 2018by Sara Davis Leave a comment

When I prepare food, I usually get my hands dirty. Not just when kneading and patting dough into shapes, although it’s true that I am quicker to stick my hands […]

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Art, Cooking, Playing with Food

The morphing food dynamics of the Fable series

April 24, 2016by Sara Davis Leave a comment

As both a visual art and a narrative form, video games can utilize many of the same food themes that appear in film, literature, and art: food in games can invoke […]

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Body, Performance, Playing with Food

A sampler of short food films

April 15, 2016by Sara Davis 4 Comments

Just a soupçon of beautifully animated scenes of eating to start your weekend. I’m not sure when I first saw this clever stop-motion movie, but when it popped up on my […]

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Art, Film, Painting, Performance, Playing with Food

Link Buffet: American dreams

October 16, 2015by Sara Davis 1 Comment

Tis the season: we were just talking apple toddies last week, and this week I saw this wonderful profile of the woman who runs Laird & Company, who makes the […]

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Link Buffet, Playing with Food

Link Buffet: How the sausage gets made

October 8, 2015by Sara Davis 1 Comment

I’m still not over space lettuce, and now Modern Farmer just showed up to the astral agriculture party with some thoughts on how to fertilize potatoes on Mars. The science of […]

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Link Buffet, Playing with Food

Link Buffet: Hints and Notes

August 3, 2015by Sara Davis 1 Comment

A couple blog notes: I added a “Chronologies” page to my Bibliographies tab, and I’ll add more permanent timelines or histories as I come across them. One of the links […]

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Fruit, Link Buffet, Playing with Food

Link Buffet: Processing and progressing

January 23, 2015by Sara Davis Leave a comment

Readers and friends! I’ve missed connecting with you on this platform. January has been an incredibly busy month for me, as I wrapped up  my responsibilities at the university press […]

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"Junk" food, Cooking, Film, Link Buffet, Photography, Playing with Food, Rituals and Customs, Texture and mouthfeel, Visual appeal and presentation, Wine

Link Buffet: The Season For Everything

December 22, 2014by Sara Davis Leave a comment

I’ve been quietly adding new words to my Alimentary Lexicon since I announced it last year, but this recent addition is by far my favorite: deipnophobia, the fear of dinner […]

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Bread, Cooking, Food Distribution and Resources, Food in the City, Holidays, Link Buffet, Playing with Food, Visual appeal and presentation

Link Buffet: Thanksgiving Links

November 24, 2014by Sara Davis Leave a comment

Artist Hannah Rothstein plates traditional Thanksgiving dinners in the style of modern artists such as Mondrian: At NPR, the ever-sharp Linda Holmes has a delightful takedown of NYT’s list of Thanksgiving […]

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Art, Family, Holidays, Link Buffet, Playing with Food, Science

Shop, drop, and sweetroll: scenes of eating in video games

October 1, 2014by Sara Davis 9 Comments

If your interests strongly coincide with mine–that is, if you not only like food and history and narratives but you also like video games–then you might like to know that […]

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Consumer Culture, Playing with Food

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