Panel 17 – Globalizing Foods
As foods move from their places of origin to shores near and far, cuisines inevitably change with these new influences. These papers explore how the imagination has incorporated New and…
Panel 18 – Gastronomic Utopias of the Medieval World
The medieval world had no lack of lands of Cockaigne, utopian realms where food was plentiful, luscious, and readily available. This panel describes three medieval approaches to idealized consumption, whether…
Sophie Coe Prize Announcement
The Sophie Coe Prize is the world’s best prize for writing on food history. The £1,500 Prize is awarded each year to an engaging, original piece of writing that delivers new research…
Rising Scholar Presentation
The OFS Rising Scholar (formerly known as The Cherwell) was endowed by an anonymous donor and is administered through the American Friends of the Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery. It…
Gönül Paksoy and the Young Chefs: When I Consider Everything That Grows
Taking inspiration from ideas and seeing what grows: Our Young Chefs have come together from all parts of the globe to devise the OFS Sunday Lunch in honour of our…
Chefs Table – David Matchett & Elaine Mahon with the Young Chef Collective
Taking inspiration from ideas and seeing what grows: Our Young Chefs have come together from all parts of the globe to devise the OFS Sunday Lunch in honour of our…
Rob Hopkins on What is to What If
Environmental activist Rob Hopkins will address the big questions in What is to What If – Unleashing the power of imagination to create the future we want. Campaigner, broadcaster, keen…
Tea Break and a Recap of The Weekend
Let's have a much needed cup of tea together, and draw breath, to look back at the wonderful flurry of a weekend! Cathy Kaufman will sum it all up, and…
Janet Beizer on Walking through our Gastronomies: Notes from an Imaginary Flâneuse
Janet L. Beizer, professor of Romance Languages and Literature at Harvard University, will deliver our concluding keynote from the perspective of the flâneuse, the erudite wanderer through the many metaphorical…
Topic Selection 2024
Symposium tradition dictates that the final session be devoted to democratically selecting the theme for the symposium three years hence. This year is no different – zoom polling is doing…
Auld lang syne
A joyous, yet also slightly melancholic farewell at the virtual bar (the one at St Catz is closed at that point!) - that was OFS 2021. Let's raise a last…
