Category: Outside the Classroom
A Propitious Beginning at the Dinner Table
by Amanda Balagur Do you remember the feeling when you first arrived at college for undergrad? You had probably just spent your high school career working towards the goal of attending that institution, and you were probably pretty excited – likely a bit nervous – when you walked into your first class and sat down […]
How to Publish Personality: Gastronomy students’ inside look into the publishing industry in Boston’s Harvard Common Press
by Natalie Shmulik There is an unforgettable scene in the film, “Babette’s Feast”: A religiously devout group of townspeople hesitantly gather together for a momentous meal following the loss of their beloved pastor. After dinning on turtle soup, chocolate figs, and copious amounts of wine, the worried and aged faces of the distraught diners begin […]
Curiously Seeking Québec: Gastronomy Students Learn Food Outside the Classroom – part 1
This is the first in a two-part series on the fall 2012 course, Culture & Cuisine: Québec. by Brad Jones Sitting around the long supper table of Pastaga, Alex Cruz from the Societe Orignal suggested that “to end a sentence in a question mark is the ultimate sign of intelligence.” I must say that I […]
Today is Food Day
by Lucia Austria On October 22, Oxfam America hosted “Plenty for the Planet: Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World.” Co-hosted by Corporate Accountability International (CAI) and Small Planet Institute, the focus of the night was to illuminate the injustices present in our global food system and to discuss possible strategies to create a better one […]