Food
June 2, 2013
A few years ago, the city council of Lucca in the Tuscan region of Italy declared a ban on "ethnic" foods. The council explained that this...
By
Macon Dee
May 31, 2013
The ways of white folks, I mean some white folks, is too much for me. I reckon they must be a few good ones, but most of ‘em ain’t good —...
By
Anthony Bourdain
June 1, 2013
GETJ_COVERsized.jpg Editor's Preface What if violent clan warfare revolved not around religion or land, but extreme attitudes about food?...
By
Bhakti Shringarpure
June 1, 2013
A couple of years ago, I interviewed Fatma El-Mehdi , an activist for the Western Sahara independence movement in its long struggle to...
By
Clara Sereni
June 1, 2013
Shortly after it was published, Clara Sereni’s pioneering autobiography in recipes Keeping House (La Casalinghitudine) became a cult for...
By
Andrew Ryder
June 1, 2013
Ben Affleck’s film Argo , the story of an intrepid Hollywood film crew that rescues diplomats from bloodthirsty Iranian hordes, was awarded...
By
Flavio Rizzo
June 1, 2013
On entering the gigantic food chain, Whole Foods, we are greeted with airy spaces, tattooed experts on cheeses and beers sporting a late...
By
Tuleka Prah
June 1, 2013
Like everybody else in Europe who had been straining under the terror that was Winter 2012-2013, I celebrated the first sunny day by taking...
By
Igiaba Scego
June 1, 2013
Vivir con miedo es como vivir a medias (1) Today, Wednesday August 14, 2002, at 9:30 am, something odd happened to me. For reasons of my...
By
Samantha Kwan
May 31, 2013
This article is an abridged version of Kwan, Samantha. 2003. “Consuming the Other: Ethnic Food, Identity Work, and the Appropriation of the...
By
Paola Flores
May 31, 2013
LA PAZ, Bolivia — The growing global demand for quinoa by health food enthusiasts isn't just raising prices for the Andean "super grain"...
By
JL Schatz
May 31, 2013
The practice of food consumption is neither neutral nor devoid of politics. What one eats not only imparts the energy to survive but also...
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