Anthropology of Food--University of Minnesota Duluth

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Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World, Dan Koeppel.

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In the News . . .

Child labor groups upset farm rules being dropped -- MPRNews (27 April 2012)
Farm Bill 2012 -- American Farmland Trust
How the Pink Slime Industry Buys Influence in Government -- Lee Fang, Nation of Change (13 April 2012)
A Stale Food Fight -- Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser, The New York Times (28 November 2010)
While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales -- Michael Moss, The New York Times (28 November 2010)
When sales of Domino's Pizza were lagging, a government agency stepped in with advice: more cheese. This is the same government that, for health reasons, is advising less cheese.
[in other words, buy cheese, but don't eat it.]
Let's Move

Let's Move! is the U.S government website that supports First Lady Michelle Obama's goal to "solve the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation." The Department of Education, the USDA, and the Department of Health and Human Services have teamed up to tackle the problem, and they have all made significant contributions to the website. Visitors will find that the website is organized into the following sections: "Healthy Choices", "Healthier Schools", "Physical Activity", and "Access to Affordable Healthy Food". Clicking on any section will let visitor learn more about the programs and initiatives of each section, and involve several other government departments and non-profit organizations such as the FDA, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Institute of Medicine. On the right hand menu of most sections, visitors can learn about the research and information known about the problem, as well as how people can help in the communities in which they live. The section on "Access to Affordable Healthy Food" is particularly important for the meals served at home, as it addresses a most basic problem of getting kids and parents to eat healthy items throughout the day. [KMG] -- The Scout Report May 14, 2010 Volume 16, Number 19

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Advertising Law and Ethics -- College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin
Bentley, Amy. Eating for Victory: Food Rationing and the Politics of Domesticity. University of Illinois Press, 1998.
Caro, Mark. The Foie Gras Wars: How a 5,000-Year-Old Delicacy Inspired the World's Fiercest Food Fight. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST)
Dairy and the US Congress -- University of Vermont Libraries
Food First
Marion Nestle’s Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition, Revised and Expanded Edition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007.
- Blog and Website
- Book information from the University of California Press
- "Food Politics: Personal Responsibility vs. Social Responsibility" (video archive) -- keynote address of the 2010 Nobel "Making Food Good Conference," Gustavus Adolphus College
Nestle, Marion. Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2010.
Nestle, Marion. Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety. Berkeley, CA: University of Caliornia Press, 2010.
Open Secrets -- Center for Responsive Politics
Paarlberg, Robert. Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know. NY: Oxford University Press, 2010.
["For a biased assessment of global food politics, Robert Paarlberg's Food Politics ought to be called on the carpet for its lack of transparency. The subtitle, What Everyone Needs to Know, alleges that the reader will be informed about the multiple dimensions of a complex global problem. Instead, the book leans heavily toward the perspective of large, industrialized agriculture. The author also fails to present his complete biography (found online in a quick Google search), which includes being a member of the Biotechnology Advisory Council to the CEO of the Monsanto Company. . . ." Sacramento Book Review -- May 24, 2010.]
Pinstrup-Anderson, Per, and Derrill D. Watson II, Food Policy for Development Countries: The Role of Government in Global, National, and Local Food Systems, Cornell University Press, 2011.
The Psychology, Biology and Politics of Food -- Kelly Brownell, Open Yale Courses, Fall 2008.
Toussaint-Samat, Maguelonne. A History of Food. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons/Blackwell 2009.
Wallace Center -- Winrock International
Watson, James L., and Melissa L. Caldwell (Eds.). The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005.

Politics of Food
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Anthropology of Food 3888
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Ron Haxton

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Bittman, Mark. The Best Recipes in the World: 1000 International Dishes. NY: Simon and Schuster, 2005.

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Crunpacker, Bunny. Sex Life of Food: Cooking is Foreplay, Eating is Making Love and Doing Dishes is the Morning After. NY: Thomas Dunne, 2007.

Dooley, Beth and Lucia Watson. Savoring the Seasons of the Northern Heartland. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2004.

Goodall, Jane. Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating. NY: Warner Books, 2005.

Hill, Tony. The Contemporary Encyclopedia of Herbs and Spices: Seasons for the Global Kitchen. NY: Wiley, 2004.

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Imhoff, Daniel. Food Fight: Citizens Guide to Food and the Farm Bill. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007.

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Kamp, David. The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation. NY: Broadway, 2006.

Knecht, G. Bruce. Hooked: Pirates, Poaching and the Perfect Fish. Rodale, 2006.

Krondl, Michael. The Taste of Conquest: The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice. NY: Ballantine, 2008.

McKibben, Bill. American Earth: Environmental Writing since Thoreau (anthology). Library of America, 2008.

McMillan, James. American Pest: The Losing War on Insects from Colonial Times to DDT. NY: Columbia University Press, 2008.

Mann, Charles. “Our Good Earth: The Future Rests on Soil.” National Geographic., September, 2008.

Menzel, Peter and Faith D'Aluisio. Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insect. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2003.

Mentzel, Peter and Faith D’Alusio. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2005. (Winner of the 2006 James Beard Prize for Outstanding Book on Food Matters. Forward by Marion Nestle.)

Mentzel, Peter and Faith D’Alusio. The Material World: A Global Family World, Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2003.

Morris, Robert. The Blue Death: Disease, Disaster and the Water We Drink. NY: Harper Collins, 2007.

Morse, Kitty. The Scent of Orange Blossoms: Sephardic Cuisines from Morocco. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2001.

Morse, Kitty. Couscous: Fresh and Flavorful Contemporary Recipes. San Francisco: 2000.

Nabhan, Gary. Renewing America’s Food traditions: Saving and Savoring the Continent’s most Endangered foods. White River Junction. VT: Chelsea Green, 2008.

Norman, Jill. Herbs and Spices: The Cooks Reference. NY: DK Publishing, 2007.

Marion Nestle’s Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition, Revised and Expanded Edition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007.

Blog and Website

Book information from the University of California Press

"Food Politics: Personal Responsibility vs. Social Responsibility" (video archive) -- keynote address of the 2010 Nobel "Making Food Good Conference," Gustavus Adolphus College

Nestle, Marion. Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2010.

Nestle, Marion. Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety. Berkeley, CA: University of Caliornia Press, 2010.

Sortun, Ana. Spice: Flavors of the Eastern Mediterranean. NY: Harper Collins, 2006.

Tilson, Jake. A Tale of 12 Kitchens: Family Cooking in Four Countries. NY: Artisan Press, 2006.

Trubek, Amy. The Taste of Place: An Anthropological Journey into Terroir. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008.

Roden, Claudia. The New Book of Middle Eastern Food: Expanded and Updated. NY: Knopf, 2001.

Roden, Claudia. Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon. NY: Alfred Knopf, 2005.

USDA: The Census of Agriculture

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Wright, Clifford. A Mediterranean Feast: The Story of the Birth of the Celebrated Cuisines of the Mediterranean from the Merchants of Venice to the Barbery Corsairs with More than 500 Recipes. NY: William Morrow, 1999. (Winner of the James Beard Technical Subject Book of the Year, 2000.)

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