Gastronomy student Laura Kitchings reports on her initial processing of John Mariani’s recent gift of a collection of 20th Century menus. The finding aid she has prepared for the collection is available here. I am always excited when my archival career intersects with my studies in the Gastronomy Program. This past month I was able […]
We hope you will enjoy getting to know some of the new students who are joining the Gastronomy and Food Studies program this spring. Amy Johnson’s childhood can best be defined by Lunchables, Pop Tarts and Velveeta Cheese. It was only after she was accepted to the BU Gastronomy Program that she would learn she’s the daughter of […]
We hope you will enjoy getting to know some of the new students who are joining the Gastronomy and Food Studies program this spring. Fascinated by food systems, Dana Ferrante has worked in kitchens, volunteered on farms, pulled espresso shots, and staged with chefs at home and abroad. A native of Massachusetts, Dana graduated from […]
Got Food? Got History? Go Public. Food and Public History (ML623), Spring 2020 In Food and Public History (4 cr), we will examine interpretive foodways programs from museums, living history museums, folklore/folklife programs, as well as culinary tourism offerings, “historical” food festivals, and food tours. Our goal is to compare different approaches to teaching the […]
Please join us for this special event! Tuesday, December 3, 2019 6 pm to 8 pm Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering (CILSE), room 106B 610 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA Panelist include Cynthia Graber – Gastropod Sara Joyner and Kaitlin Keleher – Proof, from America’s Test Kitchen John Rudolph – Feet in 2 Worlds […]