Sifter Session
Launched with fanfare at the 2020 V-Symp, The Sifter is an online, wiki-like tool for research in food history, focusing primarily on cookbooks. The lifework of long-time symposiast Barbara Ketcham…
Live discussion with the presenters of the panel on Globalizing Foods
As foods move from their places of origin to shores near and far, cuisines inevitably change with these new influences. These papers explore how the imagination has incorporated New and…
Live discussion with the presenters of the panel on Gastronomic Utopias of the Medieval World
The medieval world had no lack of lands of Cockaigne, utopian realms where food was plentiful, luscious, and readily available. This panel describes three medieval approaches to idealized consumption, whether…
Let’s Cook and Imagine: the Kitchen Lab
A warm welcome to the Kitchen Lab! I'm Birgitte Kampmann, a professional cook based in Copenhagen and founder of the Kitchen Lab, a virtual gathering of Symposiasts who attended last year’s on-line…
Welcome to the online Conference – Elisabeth Luard
We are delighted that you will be joining us for just over two weeks’ of stimulating and genial gatherings, whether discussing papers in our Zoom Q & A session, socializing…
A Round Table Discussion on Fast and Portable Food – Elisabeth Luard and Corby Kummer
Fast food is notoriously portable, and in this session hosted by our esteemed Chair, Elisabeth Luard, we will consider the culture and consequences of this new, and very old phenomenon.…
Virtual drinks and convivial chitchat – David Matchett
The first of our social hours, this is an opportunity to see fellow symposiasts online, ask questions, catch up with old friends, and get to know David Matchett, our musical…
Live discussion with the presenters of the panel on: Migrations
Migrations explores ways in which foods—whether reflecting cultural identity or simply nostalgic reminders of one’s homeland or a past time—travel to new places where they are reinvented to meet the…
Live discussion with the presenters of the panel on: New Venues
How does one get a meal while working away from home? New Venues looks at ways workers of different ilks—truck drivers and university students in India, solicitors in The City—get…
Live discussion with the presenters of the panel on: Street Foods
Street Foods are, almost by definition, designed to be mobile and eaten without benefit of utensils. These case studies of çiğ köfte, dolma, and tacos de canasta illustrate different culinary…
Live discussion with the presenters of the panel on: Politics & Activism
The papers in Politics & Activism reflect the power and meaning that even a simple meal can project when they become symbols—often heated—for political and cultural clashes. Presenters: Michael Johnson,…
