We are welcoming a bumper crop of new Gastronomy and Food Studies students for the fall semester. Enjoy getting to know a few of them here. Andrea Catania was born, bred, and buttered in the Syracuse, New York area. From a young age she witnessed the influence of food in small moments. Then, as she […]
In spring 2022, the Gastronomy Program presented a three part event, Recipes for Accessibility, as part of the Boston University Diversity and Inclusion Learn More series and sponsored by BU D&I. The goal of this series was to highlight the culinary prowess and experiences of disabled chefs, while also sparking conversations and a deeper understanding of how […]
In Indigenous America, food is not extracted, it is gifted. The practice of hunting, fishing, planting, harvesting, preparing, preserving, and consuming are all done in relation to the land and all that live on it and within it. These relationships are central to cultural identity and the breakdown of traditional structures, institutions, and families through […]
We continue our series of posts from student’s in MET ML 619, The Science of Food and Cooking, with Professor Valerie Ryan, with this entry from gastronomy student Adrian Bresler. We owe a lot to scientists who cure diseases, increase crop yields and even fly us to the moon. But scientists do not always get […]
Today’s post, the second in our series from student’s in MET ML 619, The Science of Food and Cooking, with Professor Valerie Ryan, is submitted by gastronomy student Julian Plovnik. Last January, I accepted a job with a company whose focus centered around the delivery of authentic, homemade food to hungry customers across the country, […]