Food & Society

This book charts the history of gin from its arrival in England in the sixteenth century to the present day. In doing so it uses a range of perspec...

 An insightful map of the landscape of social meals, Eating Together: Food, Friendship, and Inequality argues that the ways in which Americans eat ...

'A galloping journey through thousands of years of Chinese culinary history . . . a timely reminder that the country's modern cuisine is the delici...

In Everyday Food Practices, Tarunna Sebastian explores the teaching and learning dimensions of people’s food choices and practices as they are play...

In recent years, Peru has transformed from a war-torn country to a global high-end culinary destination. Connecting chefs, state agencies, global c...

In recent years, Peru has transformed from a war-torn country to a global high-end culinary destination. Connecting chefs, state agencies, global c...

Why do so many people now eat out in England? Food and the culture surrounding how we consume it are high on everyone’s agenda. England Eats Out is...

There may be no greater source of anxiety for Americans today than the question of what to eat and drink. Are eggs the perfect protein, or are they...

The post-war years saw a massive decline in the Lea Valley’s industrial base. This was particularly marked by the collapse in furniture, electronic...

In this open access book, Stephen Wooten offers a holistic historical ethnography of cooking and female agency in West Africa, and of the broader c...

'Sri Owen welcomes us back into her world. A lifetime devoted to Indonesian cooking squeezed into just three hundred pa...

Unlike any other territorial species, humans have evolved to become agrarians. The unique drive of farmers to cultivate crops and undertake animal ...

In Intersections of Race, Gender, and Precarity: Navigating Insecurities in an American City, Stephanie Baran argues that when it comes to assistan...

The restaurant industry is one of the few places in America where workers from lower-class backgrounds can rise to positions of power and prestige....

Named a C-SPAN Author Series Most Important Book of 2024 The hidden history of an economic and cultural crisis that is threatening our very food su...

Eating is generally understood as a human need that people satisfy in diverse ways. Eating, however, is also an English word. Other languages, usin...

Eating is generally understood as a human need that people satisfy in diverse ways. Eating, however, is also an English word. Other languages, usin...

Home cooking is crucial to our lives but it is not necessary to our survival. Over the past century, it has become an everyday choice even though i...

A world history of citrus, from the art of classical antiquity to the science of the modern era. Mandarin, citron, pomelo, bergamot, kumquat… Citr...

A bold redefinition of historical inquiry based on the “cropscape”—the people, creatures, technologies, ideas, and places that surround a crop   Hu...

Battle lines have long been drawn over how food is produced, what food is made available to whom, and how best to protect consumers from risky or u...

'The Balti' charts the story of one of Britain's most iconic dishes, from its birth in 1975 in Birmingham's Balti Triangle, through the height of i...

'I laughed and cried a little, reading the book with Pam's voice in my head. A true inspiration on every level as a memoir and, as only Pam can, te...

In the 1990s a small midwestern American town approved the construction of a massive pork complex, where almost 7 million hogs are birthed, raised,...

In the 1990s a small midwestern American town approved the construction of a massive pork complex, where almost 7 million hogs are birthed, raised,...

Food stood at the centre of Mussolini’s attempt to occupy Ethiopia and build an Italian Empire in East Africa. Seeking to redirect the surplus of I...