We need to talk about… Street Food!
Buying and eating food on the street is a tradition as old as our first cities, providing customers with a (usually) inexpensive way to sate hunger and vendors with a…
Wiki Club Meeting January 2022: the Lead Section
We are happy to invite the OFS community to join forces in this new endeavour to improve the content and raise the profile of food-related articles on Wikipedia. Meeting on-line…
We need to talk about… Social Justice in the Gastronomic World!
The crises of the past several years—Covid, racial and economic inequality, lack of diversity, to name just a few—have triggered a global rethinking about issues of social justice in the culinary…
Wiki Club Meeting February 2022: Illustrations
We are happy to invite the OFS community to join forces in this new endeavour to improve the content and raise the profile of food-related articles on Wikipedia. Meeting on-line…
Going with the Grain
We all depend on grains. They’re the plant-based calories that feed the world. A dynamic movement in the UK and North America is working to rebuild local and regional grain…
Wiki Club Meeting March 2022: Biographies
We are happy to invite the OFS community to join forces in this new endeavour to improve the content and raise the profile of food-related articles on Wikipedia. Meeting on-line…
We need to talk about. . . Protected Designations of Origin and similar trade regulations: Legally “authentic” or terroir-ism run amok?
A recent court decision in the United States held that French and Swiss makers of Gruyère cheese could not trademark the name “gruyère” as exclusive to their alpine-made cheeses because…
Wiki Club Meeting April 2022: How to make your article findable
We are happy to invite the OFS community and everyone interested to join forces in this new endeavour to improve the content and raise the profile of food-related articles on…
We need to talk about… Writing Recipes: the Art of Communicating How to Cook
Join food writer, New York Times cookery-columnist Melissa Clark (dozens of cookbooks, loads of awards - 'nuff said) at our next Kitchen Table to discuss - what else? - Writing Recipes: The Art…
Wiki Club Meeting May 2022: The bottom of the page
We are happy to invite the OFS community and everyone interested to join forces in this new endeavour to improve the content and raise the profile of food-related articles on…
We need to talk about… How to Find Reliable Sources of Information
Gold Dust or Fool's Gold? How can we find reliable sources of information when writing about food at a time of information-overload? Join biologist Jeremy Cherfas (Eat This Podcast), chefs and food activists Elizabeth Yorke…
Wiki Club Meeting June 2022: The top of the page and the long sidebar
We are happy to invite the OFS community and everyone interested to join forces in this new endeavour to improve the content and raise the profile of food-related articles on…
