This post from Gastronomy Student Caitlin Bueno continues our series from students in Anthropology of Food. Cabot’s Ice Cream & Restaurant is “a family owned and operated old-fashioned ice cream parlor and restaurant” in Newton, MA. The restaurant, known for its ice cream sundaes, also has a full menu serving breakfast all-day, and diner […]
This post from Gastronomy Student Altamash Gaziyani continues our series from students in Anthropology of Food. 4th March, 2017 As a food runner during a backed-up lunch service on the first Saturday of a new block, there’s not much I can do to help other than scrabble around, plucking tickets off the floor as they […]
This post from Gastronomy Student Hannah Spiegelman continues our series from students in Anthropology of Food. I had never heard of Proust or his madeleine before starting the Gastronomy program at BU, but his famous moment has been talked about or mentioned in almost every class I have taken thus far. In his book, In […]
Students Karen Metheny’s summer course, Anthropology of Food (MET ML 641) are contributing guest posts. Today’s is from Gastronomy student Caley Mahoney, who conducted participant observation for this article. It wasn’t until I used my position as a bartender and barista for a class project that I realized I had been conducting amateur anthropological research, […]
Students Karen Metheny’s summer course, Anthropology of Food (MET ML 641) are contributing guest posts. In today’s post Gastronomy student Swarnta Prabhu considers different types of commensality. Chee-Beng defines commensality as “not only a biological act of consuming food but also a communicative act which has the significance of social relations” (2015, 13). For example, […]