The Sifter: a conversation with Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Joe Wheaton, & Catherine Saines
This informal conversation is an opportunity to learn more about The Sifter, the ingenious database that is the culmination of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton's lifelong investigations into culinary history. Some of…
‘Buzz & Bloom in the Kitchen Lab’: Growing Herbs for Bees and People – Birgitte Kampmann, Barbara Segall, Sarah Wyndham Lewis
Since 2020, Birgitte Kampmann, a professional cook based in Copenhagen and founder of the Kitchen Lab, has hosted a cadre of international Symposiasts to gather virtually over the course of…
The Cultural Politics of Preservation – Live discussion with the panellists
Folk tradition versus modern science. Working within the home versus employment outside. Thrift versus luxury. Technological innovation and the ascendency of 'expertise,' if occasionally misguided. Even the threat of sabotage…
Empowered by Ancient Wisdom – Live discussion with the panellists
These papers provide insights into Indigenous agricultural practices that defy Western and colonial ideas of what 'agriculture' or a 'garden' should be. Whether finding gods in the forest or celebrating…
Upsetting the Conventional Apple Cart – Live discussion with the panellists
What if Linnaeus's ideas on taxonomy were dethroned? What if we eschewed the traditional silver metal for Western dining implements and turned to renewable wood, for both environmental and aesthetic…
‘From the Caribbean to North London: A Tincture of Culinary Resistance’: Live discussion with Debbie Peters, Chef, Wolves Lane Centre Cafe and Paulette Henry, Chief Grower, Black Rootz
Coming from a long line of farmers, it’s only natural for Paulette Henry to have had her hands in the soil from a very young age. Paulette is the Master…
Rome’s Horticultural ‘Revolution’: Ideology, Display, and the Economy – Live discussion with Annalisa Marzano
This leisurely Q & A session allows deeper exploration of Annalisa Marzano's keynote presentation on the role that food plants, especially fruit-bearing trees, played in the political, cultural, economic, and…
Wild Things. . . You Make my Palate Sing – Live discussion with the panellists
Wild edible plants, which have recently acquired cultural caché by chefs and others foraging for local foods, contribute not only delicious flavors but are important sources of nutrition and traditional…
Marketplace Case Studies: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Fruits – Live discussion with the panellists
Why are certain fruits suddenly in vogue? What is the role of the media (social or traditional) in promoting one fruit over another? Governments? And how do rare varieties survive…
Gardens as Commercial Enterprises: Expressions of Power – Live discussion with the panelists
These papers present two contrasting perspectives on British commercial gardens, one examining supplying London from the 16th through early 19th centuries, and the other analyzing the spread of British apples…
Forest as the Garden: Live discussion with Thomas Zacharias, Chef/Founder of The Locavore (India)
Inspired by his grandmother’s native Keralan home-cooked food Chef Thomas Zacharias pursued his culinary education at the Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration followed by further refinement at the Culinary…
Location Matters: The Uses and Shifting Meanings of Fruits and Flowers – Live discussion with the panelists
What happens when a food plant spreads from its original home? Do cultural meanings associated with the plant travel, evolve, or fall away? Do culinary uses of the plant shift?…