Julie Guthman, Dylan Gordon, Heather Paxson, and Brad Weiss consider the topic of food in this Field Notes series.

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Food: Provocation

Food: Provocation

What is Food? Over the past decade or so, the study of food has exploded. Students are clamoring to get into courses that have the term “food” somewhere in th... More

Food: Translation

Food: Translation

I write to you from the field. Or from the forest, actually: the boreal forest of the Canadian north. I’m on the hunt for wild edible mushrooms, part of a loose... More

Food: Deviation

Food: Deviation

Among the cheeses I have in the refrigerator at the moment are these: ... More

Food: Integration

Food: Integration

On many a trek across the hills and along the muddy paths of Northwestern Tanzania, I found myself in conversation with travelling companions on a topic that ... More