GastroHistory · @gastrohistory
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'Cookbooks. Menus. Ingredients. Dishes. Pots. Kitchens. Markets. Museum exhibitions. These objects, representations, and environments are part of what the volume calls the material cultures of food.' bloomsbury.com/us/bloomsbury-h

#FoodHistory #foodanthropology #MaterialCulture

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GastroHistory · @gastrohistory
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Around the world, at least 2 billion people routinely consume insects. One anthropologist believes geography and colonization can explain why some populations are too squeamish to stomach such foods. sapiens.org/culture/eat-bugs/

#foodanthropology #entomophagy #FoodHistory

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GastroHistory · @gastrohistory
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Perhaps a bit outdated, by 's work remains an important part of . Many of his papers and books are what brought me to the study of . It is a drag that so much of his work remains behind paywalls though. jstor.org/stable/4132873

#sidneymintz #foodanthropology #foodstudies #FoodHistory

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GastroHistory · @gastrohistory
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Not for the faint of heart: 'Their entire diet for 2020 to 2021 — 100 per cent of it — came from their garden, raising chickens, pigs and other animals, and foraging from the land and sea.' canadiangeographic.ca/articles

#foodanthropology #hunting #gathering #farming #bc #canada

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Arabica Robusta · @pickinjava
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@Fparasecoli I am, and I hope the presence of and folks among others increases quickly over here(s). I look forward to learning more about your work.

#foodsovereignty #foodanthropology

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Fparasecoli · @Fparasecoli
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