This post from Gastronomy Student Hannah Spiegelman continues our series from students in Anthropology of Food. I had never heard of Proust or his madeleine before starting the Gastronomy program at BU, but his famous moment has been talked about or mentioned in almost every class I have taken thus far. In his book, In […]
Students Karen Metheny’s summer course, Anthropology of Food (MET ML 641) are contributing guest posts. In today’s post Gastronomy student Swarnta Prabhu considers different types of commensality. Chee-Beng defines commensality as “not only a biological act of consuming food but also a communicative act which has the significance of social relations” (2015, 13). For example, […]
Students Karen Metheny’s summer course, Anthropology of Food (MET ML 641) are contributing guest posts. This example of participant observation comes from Gastronomy student Kate Cherven. On Saturday, June 1st, I went to the Boston Public Market and Haymarket to conduct participant observation for two hours from 8:30 am until 10:30 am. These two locations […]
The following Fall 2019 courses are organized by the Programs in Food & Wine and are open to both degree-seeking students and as non-credit certificates. MET ML 698 – Saturday Laboratory in the Culinary Arts: Cooking 8 Saturdays, 10am – 4pm, September 7 – October 26 This intensive, hands-on course will expose students to the […]
Enjoy getting to know some of the new students who will be joining the Gastronomy Program in January. Hannah Brantley is a trained chef, feminist scholar and former nutritionist. She grew up in the Midwest and moved to Boulder, Colorado where she obtained her Culinary Arts and Nutrition Consulting certifications. After working as a […]