This session looks at different systematizations of elemental theory as it relates to the culinary. The papers focus on the development of systems ranging from the physiological (Greek humoralism, Ayurveda,…

These papers address the management and manipulation of elemental conditions affecting sea travel, farming the land, and facing changing environmental conditions. How can technology and other forms of knowledge implementation…

The elements of the periodic table have inspired research, science, myths, and speculations. These papers will take us through some of these, exploring medical uses, nutritional exploitations, socio-cultural connotations, and…

This panel looks at cultural and theological concepts of the elements as they relate to, morph into, and are structured by social structuring of edibiity. Animals, humans, and deities eat…

Heat and the need for water and ice have affected the ecosystem, everyday life, and culinary practices. This panel will address water and ice in their effects on social organization,…