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Q&A with Charlotte Biltekoff, author of "Real Food, Real Facts"
Oct 02 2024
In her highly original book, Charlotte Biltekoff explores the role that science and scientific authority play in food industry responses to consumer concerns about what we eat and how it is made. Real Food, Real Facts offers lessons that extend well beyond food choice and will appeal to readers interested in how everyday people come to accept or reject scientific authority in matters of personal health and well-being.
Author Spotlight: Marion Nestle, the Food Politics Powerhouse
Jun 11 2021
Marion Nestle has long been known as a food politics powerhouse, a leader in the field who has been thinking, writing, and teaching about food systems for decades. Her latest book, Let’s Ask Marion: What You Need to Know about the Politics of Food, Nutrition, and Health is a savvy and accessible que
Food and Ghosts in Peru
May 25 2021
by María Elena García, author of Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race: Stories of Capital, Culture, and Coloniality in PeruI never intended to write a book about food. And certainly, I never planned to write a book that critiqued the chefs credited for transforming Peru—the country of my birth
Celebrating Women’s History Month: Food Studies
Mar 31 2020
March is Women’s History Month, and we at UC Press are proud to share our rich record of publishing stories of women from throughout history, between disciplines, and across borders.Please enjoy these collections which highlight the work, research, and activism of women authors from throughout o