Linda J. Seligmann, author of Quinoa: Food Politics and Agrarian Life in the Andean Highlands answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her new book. Q: […]
Q&A with Linda J. Seligmann, author of QUINOA
Tag: food studies
Q&A with Ken Albala, author of THE GREAT GELATIN REVIVAL
Ken Albala, author of The Great Gelatin Revival: Savory Aspics, Jiggly Shots, and Outrageous Desserts, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his new book. Q: […]
Q&A With Rachel E. Black, Author of Cheffes de Cuisine
Rachel E. Black, author of Cheffes de Cuisine: Women and Work in the Professional French Kitchen, answers questions on her culinary influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her book. Q: […]
Halloween and the Brach’s Royals
Whatever industry group planted National Chocolate Day on October 28 did a great job. There’s no better positioning than a few days before Halloween. It’s the holiday dedicated to candy […]
Sausage in Chicago history
In an era where you may find any sort of foodstuff on your gourmet pizza, the classic za with sausage not only gets overlooked, but looked upon suspiciously, as if […]
It Is National Cheese Pizza Day
The Boring Pizza? Oh ho, not at all! Cheese pizza is a godsend perfect for kids’ birthday parties and church meetings. An icebreaker. A hand across countless divides. A relatively cheap […]
Release Party: From Gluttony to Enlightenment, by Viktoria von Hoffmann
Scorned since antiquity as low and animal, the sense of taste is celebrated today as an ally of joy, a source of adventure, and an arena for pursuing sophistication. The […]
Backlist Bop: Soy meets world
The World of Soy, edited by Christine M. Du Bois, Chee-Beng Tan, and Sidney Mintz It’s the happy season when we feast on all the high-calorie favorites we feel too […]
Throwbacklist Thursday: National Cookbook Month Is the Tastiest Month
As Halloween weekend nears, the nation’s culinary eye will turn to candy, bat’s wings, and other holiday foods. Before that happens, however, UIP wants to offer a more respectful tribute […]
Sweet potatoes for a sweet year
Today marks Rosh Hashanah of the year 5777 and if you want to be Jewish for a day, you should eat. Because you look tired. Your cheeks look sunken. Are […]
Release Party: Table Talk
Etiquette books insist that we never discuss politics during a meal. In Table Talk: Building Democracy One Meal at a Time, Janet A. Flammang offers a polite rebuttal, presenting vivid […]
Throwbacklist Thursday
The month of June brings countless pleasures to the Midwest. Few exceed the overwhelming presence of fresh produce at semi-affordable prices. At last, we can put aside the beyond-tired apples […]