Let’s get together, and take stock.
As has become a new ritual these last years, the ultimate conversation at the OFS Kitchen Table before the Symposium in July, will be a joyous gathering, free for all.…
Wiki Club Meeting July 2022: All about Picnics
We are happy to invite the OFS community and everyone interested to join forces in this important endeavour to improve the content and raise the profile of food-related articles on…
We need to talk about… Food & Memory: The Personal and the Political
Those who participated in the 2022 Symposium know that one of the most popular proposed topics for the 2025 OFS was “Food & Memory.” Although it lost out to “The Elements,”…
Wiki Club Meeting October 2022: How to get involved
We are delighted to invite, or invite back, the OFS community to participate in the Symposium’s monthly Wiki Club. Together, we are improving the content and raising the profile of…
We need to talk about… culinary identities with Harold McGee and the OFS Young Chefs
The growth in popularity of 'all things food' has elevated the status of the chef from the former behind the scenes, feeding the masses, to that of celebrity. Eating out…
Sifter: The Ask October 2022 – let’s get started
The Ask is a periodic Zoom meeting devoted to The Sifter with Kate Saines & Joe Wheaton, hosted by Cathy Kaufman. We are eager to learn about your experiences with The…
Wiki Club Meeting November 2022: Let’s get going – together
We are delighted to invite, or invite back, the OFS community to participate in the Symposium’s monthly Wiki Club. Together, we are improving the content and raising the profile of…
From Fire and Forks to Future Foods: We need to talk about our Fear of Technology
Food systems we live in have always been innately technological, even if not futuristic, going back to the flint knives and counting stones of the neolithic era, from the taming of fire,…
Wiki Club Meeting December 2022: Translation and Languages
We are delighted to invite, or invite back, the OFS community to participate in the Symposium’s monthly Wiki Club. Together, we are improving the content and raising the profile of…
Sifter: The Ask December 2022 – Searching Strategies
This session will start with the fundamentals of searching The Sifter and begin to explore the many ways that the information gleaned can be organized, including how to navigate its…
Bring your own Rules and Rituals to our mid-winter Potluck!
Midwinter in the northern hemisphere is a time for fire and feasting, but we all have many different ways of marking moments of change on our lives, whether joyful or…
Wiki Club Meeting January 2023 New Beginnings
We are delighted to invite, or invite back, the OFS community to participate in the Symposium’s monthly Wiki Club. Together, we are improving the content and raising the profile of…
