Category: Food and Culinary Studies

May 1, 2013

David A. Nibert – A History of Domesecration, Part 1

Read the first part of an essay by David A. Nibert, author of Animal Oppression and Human Violence, in which he discusses the history of the phenomenon of the oppression of nonhuman animals by humans.

April 30, 2013

Read the Introduction of Animal Oppression and Human Violence

Read the introduction to David A. Nibert’s Animal Oppression and Human Violence.

March 8, 2013

Michael Marder: The Philosopher's Plant

Read a quick summary of Michael Marder’s fascinating blog series “The Philosopher’s Plant” at Project Syndicate.

March 7, 2013

Michael Marder: Philosophy and Botany’s Copernican Revolution

Michael Marder, author of Plant-Thinking, discusses the ongoing Copernican revolution in philosophy and botany.

March 6, 2013

Michael Marder and Gary Francione debate plant ethics

Read an excerpt from a debate between Michael Marder, author of Plant-Thinking, and Gary Francione on plant ethics.

March 5, 2013

Michael Marder: To Encounter the Plants…

Read an excerpt from the introduction to Michael Marder’s Plant-Thinking.

January 30, 2013

A Good Week for Kara Newman

It’s been a good week for Kara Newman (@karanewman), author of The Secret Financial Life of Food: From Commodities Markets to Supermarkets. A recent review in the Washington Post praised the book for providing “a refreshing and much-needed look” at...

January 24, 2013

Buy Breakast — A Post by Kara Newman, author of "The Secret Financial Life of Food"

The following post is by Kara Newman, author of The Secret Financial Life of Food: From Commodities Markets to Supermarkets. The post was originally published on the blog A Life of Spice: Few people can claim to have had a...

January 16, 2013

VIDEO: Andrew Smith Discusses American Drinking History

Last month, Andrew F. Smith, author of Drinking History: Fifteen Turning Points in the Making of American Beverages, discussed what makes American drinks “American” at the Los Angeles Public Library in an event sponsored by the Culinary Historians of Southern...

January 14, 2013

Massimo Montanari discusses "Let the Meatball Rest" on the Leonard Lopate Show

Late last week, Massimo Montanari, most recently the author of Let the Meatballs Rest: And Other Stories About Food and Culture appeared on the Leonard Lopate show to discuss his new book and how humans have cooked over time, the...

December 21, 2012

Andrew F. Smith on the Future of Drinking in America

In the epilogue to Drinking History: Fifteen Turning Points in the Making of American Beverages, Andrew Smith points to some of the more recent trends in American’s consumption of beverages namely, the popularity of bottled water and coffee. Looking back...

December 20, 2012

Andrew Smith on How Beverages Have Changed American History (He Also Talks About Tuna)

Earlier this fall, Andrew Smith talked about his book Drinking History: Fifteen Turning Points in the Making of American Beverages at a special event sponsored by the Culinary Historians of Chicago. In the talk, Smith considers why Americans drink what...