Category: Alumni

Alumna Emily Contois Explores Icons of Australian Food Culture

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BU MLA in Gastronomy alumna Emily Contois presented as part of the Pepin Lecture Series on three iconic Australian foods: kangaroo, the flat white and Vegemite.

Tags: Amanda Balagur, Australian Food, Emily Contois, Flat White, Food Culture, food history, Food Icons, Global Food, Kangaroo, Vegemite

After Graduation: Starting a Wine Business

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by Kim Simone Alumna Kim Simone (May ’14) shares her post-degree career path and founding her company, Vinitas Wineworks. One of the questions I heard frequently from people while I was attending the Gastronomy program was “What are you going to do with your degree?” It’s not exactly a traditional program with built-in job training […]

Tags: Bill Nesto, Boston University, BU, BU Gastronomy, elizabeth bishop wine school, Food Studies, Gastronomy, Gastronomy at BU, kim simone, MET, Metropolitan College, sandy block, vinitas, vinitas wine works, wine, wine studies

Cooking with Chef Jacques Pépin

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by Claudia Catalano Student Claudia Catalano recounts her experience cooking with Chef Jacques Pépin, one of the founders of the Gastronomy Program at BU and a celebrated chef in his own right. It’s 7 pm on a Wednesday night. Eighty ticket-holding foodies sit attentively while gulping down sparkling rosé. I’m standing underneath a kitchen demonstration […]

Tags: Boston University, BU, BU Gastronomy, Chez Jacques, Claudia Catalano, culinary arts, Food Studies, French cuisine, fromage forte, galantine, Gastronomy at BU, Jacques Credo, Jacques Pepin, Jean-Claude Szurdak, MET, Metropolitan College, Pepin Dinner

January 2015 Issue of GJFS Now Available

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The January 2015 issue of the Graduate Journal of Food Studies is now available. Students from Harvard University, the University of Gastronomic Sciences, and our own Boston University Gastronomy program collaborate on managing and editing the biyearly journal. This latest issue includes original research from alumni Chris Maggiolo (’14) and Gabriel Mitchel (’14). Maggiolo’s article […]

Tags: Boston University, BU, BU Gastronomy, Chris Maggiolo, Food Studies, Gabriel Mitchell, GAFS, Gastronomy, Gastronomy at BU, GJFS, Graduate Association of Food Studies, Graduate Journal of Food Studies, Harvard University, University of Gastronomic Sciences

An Intense Week of Jewish Food Culture

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by Andrea Lubrano Alumna Andrea Lubrano describes her exploits during the week-long Tent: Food NYC, exploring Jewish food culture in New York City from October 19th through the 26th, 2014. New York City, a land made up of culinary diversity, was host to twenty remarkable individuals this past October during the first Tent: Food NYC, […]

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