Looking for resources to finish up those final papers? Check out the Schlesinger Library at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute. With hundreds of volumes of cookbooks dating back to the 17th century and leading to the present, culinary magazines, and other periodicals, to manuscripts of world renowned and lesser known chefs, cooks, television personalities and restauranteurs the […]
We hope you had a great Turkey Day and spent lots of time reflecting on what you are grateful for! BU is off for the holiday and we were curious about how Gastronomy students spend Thanksgiving. Meet Michelle and Catherine who have shared their Thanksgiving traditions with us! For Puerto Ricans, Thanksgiving, or the […]
Students from the Fall ’16 Food History course explored the North End to do research for a group project on Sicily. Below are some snippets from their tour! Entering the North End Little Italy began in Boston’s North End with its first Italian immigrants in the 1860s. The neighborhood’s new residents sold fruits, cheeses, and […]
Gastronomy Students: If you are looking for an elective next semester, consider MET ML 589 Nature’s Past: Histories of Environment, & Society with Dr. James McCann. He has provided us with a brief description of the course. I teach and think about connections between our physical world, humans role in that and what they grow, eat, […]
There are a lot of great events going on in Boston this Halloween weekend. Here are a few that Gastronomy students might enjoy: The Rise Soooo many pumpkins! Over 5,000 hand carved pumpkins will be displayed at Boston’s Seaport Hotel and World Trade center this weekend (Oct 27- Oct 30). Can you imagine all of […]