The adage, 'cleanliness is next to godliness' frames ways in which sacred and carnal spaces can share common ground. The secular but conspicuously cathedral-like architecture of the Smithfield Market is…

Cuisine is often a fundamental marker of identity, with shared expectations and the reassurance of belonging to a group. Yet cuisines (and individual foodstuffs) are constantly evolving within the globalized…

Challenging rule-driven food practices, redefining rules of etiquette and where trends, traditions, and rules for food come from, this panel investigates unconventional dining, cultural symbolism, and the playful nature of…

Folklore often features stories of abundance, taking the listener away from the fears of hunger to exalt in the fecund harvest, and modestly wasteful rituals reinforce the hope that the…