{"id":2467,"date":"2012-07-31T08:57:14","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T13:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gastronomyatbu.wordpress.com\/?p=2467"},"modified":"2018-03-28T17:53:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T21:53:11","slug":"special-fall-2012-bu-gastronomy-course-u-s-food-history-with-warren-belasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gastronomyblog\/2012\/07\/31\/special-fall-2012-bu-gastronomy-course-u-s-food-history-with-warren-belasco\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Fall 2012 BU Gastronomy Course: U.S. Food History with Warren Belasco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gastronomyblog\/files\/2012\/07\/american_food-e1343336311928.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2468\" title=\"american_food\" src=\"http:\/\/gastronomyatbu.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/american_food-e1343336311928.png?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;re still looking for a course to round out your fall schedule, a blended course to suit your lifestyle, or an opportunity to study with one of the world&#8217;s most well known and respected food studies scholars, you&#8217;ll find it all in U.S. Food History (ML 610 EL) taught by Dr. Warren Belasco, fall 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The course will meet for two Saturdays in Boston and the rest of the time via online communication. Coursework will include a wide variety of readings, web and in-person discussions, written assignments, ethnographic observations, debates, and other experiential opportunities to explore some of the following questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If we are what we eat (Brillat-Savarin) what are we if we eat American food?<\/li>\n<li>Why does \u201ceating American\u201d have such a negative connotation?<\/li>\n<li>Is there an American \u201ccuisine,\u201d and should we applaud or condemn it?<\/li>\n<li>Is American food getting better or worse?<\/li>\n<li>Was Grandma a better cook?<\/li>\n<li>Were John and Karen Hess correct in claiming that we\u2019ve lost our sense of taste? Compared to whom and when?<\/li>\n<li>How did Americans come to enjoy the world\u2019s cheapest and most abundant food supply, and what was lost along the way?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Interested students can register for the course using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/link\/bin\/uiscgi_studentlink.pl\/uismpl\/?ModuleName=menu.pl&amp;NewMenu=Home\" target=\"_blank\">BU Student Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re still looking for a course to round out your fall schedule, a blended course to suit your lifestyle, or an opportunity to study with one of the world&#8217;s most well known and respected food studies scholars, you&#8217;ll find it all in U.S. Food History (ML 610 EL) taught by Dr. Warren Belasco, fall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14625,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gastronomyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gastronomyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gastronomyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gastronomyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14625"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gastronomyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gastronomyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8438,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gastronomyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467\/revisions\/8438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gastronomyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gastronomyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gastronomyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}