This week we’re highlighting the work of Gastronomy student Celeste Femia. Celeste completed a project in which she recreated a historical recipe for the Cookbooks and History course taught by Karen Metheny here at Boston University’s Metropolitan College. Recreating a 19th Century Orange Fritter In my search to find a historical recipe for recreation, I stumbled […]
Today, we are highlighting more work from students in Steven Finn’s course: MET ML626 – Food Waste: Scope, Scale, and Signals for Sustainable Change. This is another post from Megan Perlman. Traditional notions of gastronomy may conjure up a vision of white-toqued students making milles-feuilles, a critic with a notepad at a fancy restaurant, […]
Urban Agriculture Urban Planning and Food Studies MET ML 714 A1 (Summer 2- 2023) Course Description: Climate change demands immediate action and, to withstand altered temperatures, people need to eat healthy food and be active. Lessening drought in Africa or reducing food shipments are tasks beyond the reach of citizens but, with close-to-home urban […]
This week we’re highlighting the work of Gastronomy student Nick Lucovich. Nick completed this project on food waste in the cruise ship sector for the Food Waste course taught by Steven Finn here at Boston University’s Metropolitan College. A little about the author: Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, Nick Lucovich has a passion for food deeply rooted beyond the […]
Got Food? Got History? Go Public. Food and Museums (ML623), Fall 2023 In Food and Museums (4 cr), we examine food-related displays and programming from museums, living history museums, and folklore/folklife programs, as well as culinary tourism offerings, “historical” food festivals, and food tours. Our goal is to compare different approaches that use food […]