By Sonia Dovedy The dense odor overwhelms my nose while walking down the supermarket aisle. I’m looking for a simple bottle of water so that I can quaff my thirst in this wind-chill. Turns out, the bottled water section just so happens to share shelf space with…the bread section. You know, ten weeks ago, I […]
by Bethy Whalen The picture that I sent my mother and sister was captioned: “I made a new friend!” It was a picture of me, holding up a massive hog’s head in a plastic bag. On February 15th, I joined my friend Sarah and her family in Ruckersville, Virginia for their annual hog butchering. Every […]
The BU Gastronomy Program was out in full force at the Association for the Study of Food and Society conference last week in Missoula, MT. Faculty members Ellen Messer, Catherine Womack, Rachel Black, Ken Albala, Warren Belasco and Netta Davis presented papers and participated in a number of activities. MLA Candidate Erin Ross also presented a paper. […]