I am happy to announce the Programs in Food, Wine & the Art’s very own Bill Nesto has won an André Simon Food and Drink Book Award! Nesto and his co-author Frances Di Savino were granted the 2013 prize in the drink category for their book The World of Sicilian Wine. The André Simon Food […]
Congratulations to Boston University’s very own Dr. Merry (Corky) White on winning the 2013 ASFS Book Award for her new publication, Coffee Life in Japan. The award was announced and presented at the recent ASFS/AFHVS 2013 Annual Conference held in East Lansing, MI, where numerous BU Gastronomy students and professors presented their own food-related research. […]
This week is the annual Association for the Study of Food and Society/ Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society Conference, which will be held this year at Michigan State University in East Lansing. A number of Gastronomy students and faculty will be presenting papers and participating in the conference: Rachel Black – Masters Programs in […]
by Rachel Black Silvio reached up and pulled down a curled up leaf from one of his vines. He unfurled the leaf to reveal the larva of a leafroller (Platynota stultana). Pests like this, he explained, could do serious damage to a vineyard. He named off the various fungal diseases he regularly has to combat […]
We sincerely congratulate Dr. Rachel Black, Assistant Professor and Gastronomy Program Coordinator, who was presented the Association for the Study of Food and Society’s Food Studies Pedagogy Award at the annual conference this past weekend. The ASFS Food Studies Pedagogy Award recognizes instructors and courses that use innovative and successful pedagogical techniques to reach students. Black […]