Wiki Club Meeting February 2022: Illustrations
We are happy to invite the OFS community to join forces in this new endeavour to improve the content and raise the profile of food-related articles on Wikipedia. Meeting on-line…
Going with the Grain
We all depend on grains. They’re the plant-based calories that feed the world. A dynamic movement in the UK and North America is working to rebuild local and regional grain…
Wiki Club Meeting March 2022: Biographies
We are happy to invite the OFS community to join forces in this new endeavour to improve the content and raise the profile of food-related articles on Wikipedia. Meeting on-line…
We need to talk about. . . Protected Designations of Origin and similar trade regulations: Legally “authentic” or terroir-ism run amok?
A recent court decision in the United States held that French and Swiss makers of Gruyère cheese could not trademark the name “gruyère” as exclusive to their alpine-made cheeses because…
Wiki Club Meeting April 2022: How to make your article findable
We are happy to invite the OFS community and everyone interested to join forces in this new endeavour to improve the content and raise the profile of food-related articles on…
We need to talk about… Writing Recipes: the Art of Communicating How to Cook
Join food writer, New York Times cookery-columnist Melissa Clark (dozens of cookbooks, loads of awards - 'nuff said) at our next Kitchen Table to discuss - what else? - Writing Recipes: The Art…
Wiki Club Meeting May 2022: The bottom of the page
We are happy to invite the OFS community and everyone interested to join forces in this new endeavour to improve the content and raise the profile of food-related articles on…
We need to talk about… How to Find Reliable Sources of Information
Gold Dust or Fool's Gold? How can we find reliable sources of information when writing about food at a time of information-overload? Join biologist Jeremy Cherfas (Eat This Podcast), chefs and food activists Elizabeth Yorke…
Wiki Club Meeting June 2022: The top of the page and the long sidebar
We are happy to invite the OFS community and everyone interested to join forces in this new endeavour to improve the content and raise the profile of food-related articles on…
Let’s get together, and take stock.
As has become a new ritual these last years, the ultimate conversation at the OFS Kitchen Table before the Symposium in July, will be a joyous gathering, free for all.…
Wiki Club Meeting July 2022: All about Picnics
We are happy to invite the OFS community and everyone interested to join forces in this important endeavour to improve the content and raise the profile of food-related articles on…
We need to talk about… Food & Memory: The Personal and the Political
Those who participated in the 2022 Symposium know that one of the most popular proposed topics for the 2025 OFS was “Food & Memory.” Although it lost out to “The Elements,”…
