If anybody's looking for a gift for the Cold Cowboy, or perhaps the Snack Champion, might I suggest a little tome that recently crossed my desk entitled The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating: a Reader. Eds. James Watson and Melissa Caldwell. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2005. ISBN: 0-631-23093-9.
Library of Congress subject headers include: Food habits - political aspects, food habits - economic aspects, food preferences and food industry/trade.
Suprisingly, not a single contributor is listed as a "Professor of Food". Go figure.
MIT used to have a department of Food Science. Sadly, it is defunct. Nevertheless, it's legacy remains in the form of Building 16--otherwise known as the Dorrance Building--named for Prof. Dorrance, perhaps the most gifted food scientist of his day.
I don't know his first name. Food Science, it seems, is a thankless labor.
End Food Post.
posted by dan @ 11:16 AM
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