Module (1) - 9/5 - "Are We Really What we Eat?: Introduction to the 2012-2013 Food and Culture Colloquium at Denison Univeristy" / "Food, Culture, Career! A Brief Overview of Careers and Graduate Programs in the Area of Food Studies" / "Dining on Campus" (summary)

• "How Food Explains the World"
• "A University Offers Food for Thought"
• "Truly Food for Thought"
• "What Colleges Can Bring to the Table"

Module (2) - 9/12 - "Slow Food" / "PEAS and the 3 Pillars of Sustainability" (summary)

• "Carlo Petrini: The Slow Food Gourmet Who Started a Revolution" 
• "Cruising on the Ark of Taste"

In the Kitchen Practicum - 9/15 - "From Scratch Recipes from Farm to Table" (summary)

Module (3) - 9/19 - "Community Food Enterprises: Local Success in a Global Marketplace" (summary)

• "Executive Summary"
• “CFE Book - Introduction and Methodology”

[Spectrum Series Event: Creativity & Courage] In the Kitchen Practicum - 9/22 - "Courageous Cooking Class: Fermented Foods" (summary)

• "An Interview with Underground Foodie Hero Sandor Katz"

Module (4) - 9/26 - "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) at the Table" (summary)

• "Food: How Altered?"
• “The Debate over Genetically Modified Foods”
• “Harvest of Fear”
• “Learn Genetics”
• “An Overview of Atlantic Salmon, Its Natural History, Aquaculture, and Genetic Engineering"

[Spectrum Series Event: Creativity & Courage] Module (5) - 10/3 - "Cultivating Change for the Common Good" (summary)

• "The Food Movement: Its Power and Possibilities"

[Special Event] Trip to Ohio Wesleyan University (Sagan National Colloquium Speaker: Joel Salatin) - 10/4 - "Folks, This Ain't Normal" (summary)

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Module (6) - 10/10 - "Bacalhau and Saudade: The Simple and Delicious Ways Cod Made It into Portuguese Cuisine" (summary)

• "The Race to Codlandia"
• "How Salt Conquered the World"
• "Ethnic Food Attitudes and Behaviour among Belgians and Hispanics Living in Belgium"

Module (7) - 10/17 - "'Soul' Food: Religious Influence on Our Diets" (summary)

• "Eating My Religion: Finding Faith in Food"
• "Professor Explores Food and Religious Identity"
• "Food and Religion"
• "Food Culture and Religion"

In the Kitchen Practicum - 10/20 (DATE CHANGED from 10/13) - "Freeze: A Cool Taste Test" (summary)

• "Historicist: Don’t Scream for Ice Cream"
• "Ice Cream Turns into Cultural Experience in Miami’s Little Havana"

[Spectrum Series Event: Creativity & Courage] Module (8) - 10/24 - “Food Shock: How Courageous Are You?" (summary)

• "Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger"
• "More Than 1 Billion People Are Hungry in the World"
• "A Taste of the Unfamiliar: Understanding the Meanings Attached to Food by International Postgraduate Students in England"

Module (9) - 10/31 - “Food, Gender and Sexuality” (summary)

• "Old Gender Roles with Your Dinner?"
• "Tipped over the Edge- Gender Inequity in the Restaurant Industry"
• "Sex and the Kitchen"
• "Fraternity Culture, Misogyny, and Pig Roast = Sexual Politics of Meat"
• "Food: My Feminist Issue"
• "Beauty and the Feast"

In the Kitchen Practicum - 11/3 - "An Introduction to Molecular Gastronomy and Molecular Cooking" (summary)

• "Please Don't Confuse Molecular Gastronomy and Molecular Cooking!"
• "Food for Tomorrow?"

Module (10) - 11/7 - "Agriculture and Art: Culture Ripe for Change?" (summary)

• "How Can Food Be Art?"
• "A Bridge-Building, Cross-Cultural Art Project That’s Also Delicious"

Module (11) - 11/14 - "Tasting the Legacy of Apartheid in Post-1994 South Africa" / "A-Maize-Ing Controls: Production and the 1990s' Liberalizatin of Zambia's Markets" (summary)

• "Integrating Food Security with Land Reform: A More Effective Policy for South Africa"

Module (12) - 11/28 - "Reading Food" (summary)

In the Kitchen Practicum - 12/4 - "Holiday Culinary Culture" (summary)

Module (13) - 1/23 - "Equality on the Line: Local Food Culture and a Story of Bystander Intervention" (summary)

• “The Incredible Story of What Happened When Two Gay Men Were Harassed While Waiting for Pizza” by Joel Diaz (2012)
• “Waiter Refuses to Serve Family Who Insulted Special Needs Child”

Module (14) - 1/30 - "The Baguette Problem: Economic Consequences of Colonialism" / "Food in Arab-American Literature" (summary)

• "The Baguettes of War"
• "Eat, Drink, Protest"

Module (15) - 2/6 - "Losing Culture or Recreating a New Identity?: Alterations to What We've Known within the Context of the Collegiate Dining Experience" / "A Real Food Challenge for American Campuses" (summary)

• "Fostering Campus Food Culture"
• “Among Dorms and Dining Halls, Hidden Hunger”
• “Food Insecurity on College Campuses”

In the Kitchen Practicum - 2/9 - "Chocolate Confections" (summary)

Module (16) - 2/13 - "Eat, Pray, Live: La Convivencia, Customs and the Relationship between Food and Religion in Medieval and Early Modern Spain"

Module (17) - 2/20 - "So, What Is American Cuisine?: Plating Intersectionality"

Special Event - 2/24 - 2013 International Food and Culture Festival

Module (18) - 2/27 - "Beyond General Tso's Chicken- What You DON'T Know about Chinese Food" / "Japanese Cuisine: A View from the Side (Dish)"

Module (19) - 3/6 - "Rice at the Nexus of Malay Identity and Politics" / "What Is Filipino Food?"

Module (20) - 3/20 - "Food as a Form of Communication -- Communicating about Food"

Module (21) - 3/27 - "French Food and Terroir"

Module (22) - 4/3 - "Social Justice and Food Equity"

Module (23) - 4/10 - "Sustainability: Composting & Community Gardening"

Module (24) - 4/17 - "Where Do We Go from Here?"

Field Study Trip - 4/20 - "Colloquium Trip to Cincinnati (and Fairfield)"

Career Field: Food Studies

LibGuide: Food and Agriculture