by Natalie Shmulik Here are some noteworthy trends popping up and sticking around in the current marketplace: The Hempest: Starbucks is currently working on its latest cold coffee creation – a blend of hemp and coffee beans. Lactose and gluten-free: Whether for health, allergy and intolerance, or simply to jump on the bandwagon, people are […]
We’re entering the last full month of the spring semester, meaning final papers, projects, exams, and graduation are just around the corner. As you endeavor to create masterpieces of food studies scholarship, remember that taking a break to refresh can actually increase productivity. So, join us at some great food events this month, including BU […]
by Emily Contois | photos by Katherine “KC” Hysmith and Rudolf Manabat As students in Dr. Ken Albala’s Survey of Food History class (ML 622), we were overjoyed that the Food and the City Conference brought him to Boston not only to deliver the conference keynote, but to allow us the opportunity to meet him […]
by Emily Contois Welcome, gastronomes and cowboys alike, to this action-oriented (and alluringly alliterative) edition of Food News Round Up. Part of the news process is indeed passive — the pleasant and oft solitary experience of soaking up the news via paper or screen. But what is so key with food, is the desire to […]
by Katherine “KC” Hysmith There’s nothing better than food people. It’s a sentiment that I share with our guest lecturer, food photographer Nina Gallant, from our food writing class. This idea is reinforced every week when I meet with my BU gastronomy peers, the food folks at places around Boston, our fabulous professors, and the […]