Baking and Filming for the V-Symposium
Symposiast Gerhardus Geldenhuis volunteers his services with the movie-camera and the bread-oven I was filled with excitement when I was asked to film an opening piece for the V-Symposium with…
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Food and Landscape: Recording for Posterity
Symposiast Len Fisher introduces his talk ‘Global Warming and the Changing Global Food Landscape: The Need to Preserve Diversity’ at the 2017 Symposium “Why should I do anything for posterity?…
Favourite Food Museums
Len Fisher Symposiasts and followers of our Facebook page responded enthusiastically when I asked about their favourite food museums. There is, in fact, a searchable online listing of some 1400…
Young Chef’s Award: A Winner’s Experience!
From Keelin Tobin, recipient of the 2014 Friends of the Oxford Symposium Young Chef’s Grant: “The Oxford Symposium – ’tis a weekend not to be missed! It was a great…
Tasting and the Brain
Len Fisher A recent paper in Nature (LINK to article) tells us for the first time how taste sensations on the tongue are transmitted to the brain. It turns out…
Symposiast Food Blogs
Len Fisher Here is a brief alphabetical listing of food blogs by symposiasts and followers of the symposium Facebook page – a fascinating and unique fund of food lore. More…
Food Blogs
Len Fisher The culinary magazine SAVEUR (“for people who experience the world food first”) each year hosts the “Best Food Blog” awards, with blogs nominated by readers from the many,…
Food and Communication Quotes
Len Fisher Trawling through the large collection of quotes that I might one day use in my writing, I found some off-the-wall examples and examples from unusual sources that are…
Tacit Knowledge
Len Fisher One prominent theme for a meeting on Food and Communication must surely be the notion of tacit knowledge – that is, know-how that is only, and sometimes can…
The Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery’s 34th annual gathering
This is what we ate for lunch and dinner at The Oxford Symposium on Food Cookery this year. Menu-cards by Trustee Jake Tilson. www.jaketilson.com All meals thanks to Head Chef…
