Last Thursday, April 2nd, the Food Studies Department welcomed Dr. Kelly Alexander from the University of North Carolina to talk to us about her new book, Truffles & Trash: Recirculating Food in a Social Welfare State. With a B.S.J. in Journalism from Northwestern University and an M.A. and PhD from Duke University, Dr. Alexander has spent […]
April 8th is BU Giving Day! In memory of our founder who died this year we are asking for donations to be made to the Rebecca Alssid Award. Donate Here!
Calling all urban agriculturists, plant parents, and green-seeking enthusiasts! The BU Food Studies Department is excited to welcome Tuft’s PhD candidate Olivia Grieco this summer to teach our Urban Agriculture class this summer. While perhaps not the first thought that comes to mind when we shop at our local supermarkets, but growing food in a […]
Check out the published work by one of our current graduate students, Sebastian Crissey. Sebastian takes a walk down memory lane with his mother as they discuss 20th century supermarket shopping for this ethnographic study. https://www.thechronicle.com/news/a-willimantic-history-of-food-shopping-all-the-way-back-to-1970s/article_74c7f655-71aa-4557-a892-56b4057affd3.html.
The Gastronomy Department is proud to announce that Amy Phuong has been awarded this year’s Julia Child Student Writing Award. This award is given to matriculating MA students in Gastronomy and honors their outstanding academic work. Below is a Q&A with Amy on her award-winning work that uses food mapping– a technique that allows researchers […]