"Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose." - Zora Neale Hurston #CiteBlackWomenSunday

Next up in the panel on "Design and Dining" is Sarah Critchley with a wonderful presentation on "Patio Parties: Postwar Suburban Perspectives on the Foods of Otherness." Check out all those great visuals! #foodstudies20

Thinking through the sensory regimes of public dining

Can we get some vermouth ice cream, please?

You can join this thoughtful and drinkable project!

President Trump’s tweet on dismantling an Obama-era anti-discrimination housing rule is “not just incendiary, it's racist,” AprilDRyan says. “… This President is trying to deconstruct civil rights history” cnn.it/2CZj3rQ

Our friends @Branchfood have an upcoming event, "An Open Conversation on Racism in the Food Industry." Wed. 8/19 at 3:30. Hope you can join in. Free registration here: eventbrite.com/e/community-ta…

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You can listen to my interview with @cw_byu now!

Proud to see my former Gastronomy at BU student Jay DiBiasio in @bostonglobe. Story on @bonnybreads about @ajkingbakery alum Stephanie Modahl, who started her company with a single sourdough formula. Jay wrote his final profile on her for my food journalism class. Bravo!

So I have funding for new PhD students interested in STS, media, + the cultural politics of climate change! If you want to talk further about grad school, my grad programs in particular, and what might come after, DM me!

The Justice for Black Farmers Act is born! This bill is an opportunity to reverse and correct the millions of acres of land loss within the Black farming community and fortify the next generation of Black farmers. booker.senate.gov/news/press/-bo…

Congratulations to the the brand new European Journal of Food, Drink and Society. Inaugural issue out now. Show it love #foodstudies scholars! arrow.tudublin.ie/ejfds/ Diarmuid Cawley ASFS Food, Culture & Society H-Food-Studies The Recipes Project Gastronomic History Dublin Gastronomy Symposium TU Dublin Food Forum.

Register for "The Curse of Connoisseurship: Discussions of the Boston Beverage Community." This series, which is part of the BU Diversity & Inclusion Spring 2021 Learn More Series, is sponsored by Gastronomy at BU students and alumni. buff.ly/3vdzwyZ

Today, the House Education and Labor subcommittee is holding a hearing with this title: “From Excluded to Essential: Tracing the Racist Exclusion of Farmworkers, Domestic Workers, and Tipped Workers from the Fair Labor Standards Act.” youtube.com/watch?v=jgfOuL…

Anyone else wearing food-themed clothing for #JustFood21 ?

Fascinating methodologies for research as community support

Grapes, oranges, watermelon, bananas and pineapple—Shana Klein will explain their roles in American art and empire

In this article, authors Annelie Björkhagen Turesson and Jenny Ekblad shine a light on the importance of meals in the lives of migrant families in Sweden through a rare lens, photo documentation by their children: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

We’re kicking off this semester’s #PepinLectureSeries with historian Alex Ketchum. Learn more and register ➡️ bit.ly/3S0dSd4