Critical Studies in Food and Culture

Critical Studies in Food and Culture Blog posts information of interest to researchers investigating food and cultural studies, as well as the critical analysis of eating practices and broader cultures of consumption.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Bryant Terry: Redefining Soul Food

REDEFINING SOUL FOOD:
Politics And Pleasures Of Food & Eating In Black Communities

Eco-chef and activist Bryant Terry to discuss his recently
published cookbook: Vegan Soul Kitchen. A light vegan lunch,
inspired by Terry’s recipes, will be served. Free and open to
students, faculty, staff and the general public. Copies of Terry’s
books will be available for purchase and signing by the author.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
12 noon - 2:00 p.m.

Sensory Theatre @ Robert Mondavi
Institute for Wine and Food Science,
UC Davis

Download a PDF of the Bryant Terry flyer

SPONSORED BY: Critical Studies in Food and Culture Research Cluster,
the Davis Humanities Institute, The Robert Mondavi Institute, Foods for
Health Institute, UC Davis Extension Program, Black Family Week, the African
American Studies Research Cluster, and the East Quad Farmers Market

For more information contact:
Kimberly D. Nettles, kdnettles@ucdavis.edu

# posted by David Michalski @ 9:56 AM

Friday, April 03, 2009

RENAISSANCE WINE TASTING

RENAISSANCE WINE TASTING
SENSORY APPRECIATION IN 16TH C. ITALY

Dr. Allen Grieco, pioneering
historian of food and wine, from Villa I Tatti (Fiesole, Italy) and Harvard University.

Monday, April 13, 6 pm,

followed by reception with no-host bar.
Bistro 33, corner of 3rd and F Streets.
Davis, CA


Sponsored by the Davis Humanities Institute, Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, Departments of History, Music, French,
Italian, & Spanish, Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program, and the Paul and Marie Castelfranco Chair in the Religious Studies Program.

# posted by David Michalski @ 1:34 PM

Critical Studies in Food and Culture (CSFC) is a research cluster sponsored by the Davis Humanities Institute and the American Studies Department at the University of California, Davis. It aims to support and share the work of Faculty and Graduate Student researchers investigating the intersections of food and cultural studies, as well as the critical analysis of eating practices and the broader cultures of consumption.

• University of California, Davis


• Davis Humanities Institute


• American Studies Department


• Graduate Program in Cultural Studies


• Food and Culture Texts: Some New Books at the University Library, UC Davis


• Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science

Food and Culture Links

• Culinary Historians of Northern California


• Association for the Study of Food and Society


• Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture