• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • INTRODUCTION, "SETTING THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL TABLE"
  • Glossary page through the Glossary on pp. 301-312 and familiarize yourelf with the terms

• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky

  (Assignments start in Week 4)

• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • CHAPTER ONE: OMNIVOROUSNESS: CLASSIFYING FOOD

• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  
  • (Assignments start in Week 4)

• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • CHAPTER TWO: SETTLED INGREDIENTS: DOMESTIC FOOD PRODUCTION
    

• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  
  • (Assignments start in Week 4)

• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • CHAPTER THREE: MOBILE INGREDIENTS: ROOTS, ROUTES, AND REALITIES OF INDUSTRIALIZED AGRICULTURE
    
    

• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  
  • "Introduction"
  • Ch. 1 "How to Read a Menu"

Review for Midterm Exam

s2026 Wk 6 the Anthropology of Food Midterm Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Monday, 18 February 2026 to 11:59 p.m. (10:00 p.m. starting time), Friday, 20 February 2026

NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos from Weeks 1-5, so be sure not to miss watching them. Video Listings

• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • CHAPTER FOUR: COOKS AND KITCHENS
    

• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  
  • Ch. 2 "Entrée"
  • Ch. 3 "From Sikbāj to Fish and Chips"

For after the Midterm Exam

• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • CHAPTER FIVE: RECIPES AND DISHES

• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  
  • (Review)

• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • CHAPTER SIX: EATING-IN: COMMENSALITY AND GASTRO-POLITICS

• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  
  • (Review)

• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • CHAPTER SEVEN: EATING-OUT AND GASTRONOMY
    

• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  
  • (Review)

s2025 Wk 14 Final Exam Submitted Question due by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, 27 April 2025.

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• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • CHAPTER EIGHT: GLOBAL INDIGESTION: RESETTING THE AGENDA FOR FOOD SECURITY
    

• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  

• (Review)

• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • CHAPTER NINE: LOCAL DIGESTION: MAKING THE GLOBAL AT HOME
    
    

• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  
  • Ch. 4 "Ketchup, Cocktails, and Pirates"
  • Ch. 5 "A Toast to Toast"

• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • "EPILOGUE: LEFTOVERS TO TAKEAWAY"

• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  
  • Ch. 6 "Who Are You Calling a Turkey?"
  • Ch. 7 "Sex, Drugs, and Sushi Rolls"
    

• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • (Review)

• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  
  • Ch. 8 "Potato Chips and the Nature of the Self"
  • Ch. 9 "Salad, Salsa, and the Flour of Chivalry"

• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • (Review)

• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  
  • Ch. 10 "Macaroon, Macaron, Macaroni"
  • Ch. 11 "Sherbet, Fireworks, and Mint Juleps"

• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • (Review)

•  Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
  
  
  • Ch. 12, "Slaughter: in a glass abattoir"
  • Ch. 13, "The market: 'greetings from non-barcode people'"
  • Ch. 14, "The meal: grass-fed"
    
    
• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  
  • (Review)

s2025 Wk 14 Final Exam Submitted Question due by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, 27 April 2025.

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• Eating Culture, Second Edition, Gillian Crowther
  
  
  • (Review)

•  Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
  
  
  • (Review)
    
    
• The Language of Food, Dan Jurafsky
  
  
  • Ch. 12 "Does This Name Make Me Sound Fat? Why Ice Cream and Crackers Have Different Names"
  • Ch. 13 "Why the Chinese Don't Have Dessert"
  • "Epilogue"

fs2025 Wk 13 (optional) Extra Credit Paper(s) due by Sunday, 20 April 2025

AVISO: Late Extra Credit Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date. Why?

NOTE: The Gradebook entry for Extra Credit requires that “out of zero” be used when setting up an Extra Credit assignment.