Category: Food in the Field

“Vertamae Grosvenor’s Revolutionary Recipes”—Courtney Thorsson

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[ May 23, 2012; 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm. ] 330 Hendricks Hall
Jane Grant Room
UO campus
FITF Works-in-Progress Series
“Vertamae Grosvenor’s Revolutionary Recipes”

Abstract: Professor Thorsson will be discussing her work in progress, “Revolutionary Recipes: Foodways and African American Literature.” “Revolutionary Recipes” argues that a group of African American poems, novels, and cookbooks construct race, gender, and class through culinary discourse. Thorsson’s talk will draw from “Vertamae Grosvenor’s […]

“Modernist Cuisine for Moderns”—Jennifer Burns Levin

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[ April 18, 2012; 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm. ] 115 Lawrence Hall
1190 Franklin Blvd.
UO campus
FITF Works-in-Progress Series
Jennifer Burns Levin, Clark Honors College

“Modernist Cuisine for Moderns”

Sponsored by the Food in the Field Research Interest Group, UO Center for the Study of Women in Society

Abstract: I examine the ‘modernist’ in Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking (2011), a six-volume, 2,400-page, award-winning cookbook edited by […]

“A New Epicurean Atlas of Oregon” Roundtable

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[ February 8, 2012; 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_10865" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Lorane Valley, Oregon—wine country"][/caption]

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330 Hendricks Hall
Jane Grant Conference Room
UO campus
FITF Works-in-Progress Series
Sponsored by the Food in the Field Research Interest Group, UO Center for the Study of Women in Society.

Jim Meacham, Senior Research Associate and Administrative and Research Director, InfoGraphics Lab, “A New Epicurean Atlas of Oregon” roundtable. Join us for […]

Food in the Field RIG: Reception for Dr. Julie Guthman

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[ October 14, 2011; 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Leona Tyler Conference Room, Graduate School
125 Chapman Hall
FITF Reception for Dr. Julie Guthman, UC-Santa Cruz
Join us for refreshments and lively conversation with Dr. Julie Guthman, visiting the University of Oregon Geography Department.

On October 13, Dr. Guthman will give a public lecture on her fascinating new book on the obesity epidemic, Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, […]