Why We Have the Industrial Revolution to Thank for the Modern Lunch
Consider the sandwich. An efficient delivery vehicle for proteins, carbs, and whatever else you choose, it is the go-to midday meal for many, particularly in the work force. But how, and when, did it come to be popularized?
Food Studies Faculty Highlight Importance of Breakfast on ‘Chronicle’
Megan Elias, BU MET’s director of Food Studies and a renowned food historian, recently joined WCVB’s Chronicle news magazine to discuss an indispensable topic: breakfast.
Food Studies Director Gives Taste of America’s Hot Sauce History
As director of Food Studies programs at Metropolitan College, Associate Professor of the Practice Megan Elias is frequently sought out for her specialized knowledge of food history.
Food Studies Director Unpacks the Hard-Fought Power of Lunch
As the author of Lunch: the History of a Meal, Metropolitan College Associate Professor of the Practice and Director of Food Studies Programs Megan Elias can tell you how important our midday meals are.
Inaugural Queer Food Studies Conference at BU MET Makes History
Gastronomy is less a narrow field of study than it is an expansive prism through which scholars can assess all manners and facets of the human world. It’s a field designed to challenge boundaries, and that quality was on display when BU’s Metropolitan College hosted the first-ever Queer Food Conference.
Gastronomy Director Joins Connecticut Public Radio to Chat Kitchenware
Metropolitan College Associate Professor of the Practice and Director of Gastronomy Megan Elias recently joined The Colin McEnroe Show to discuss an interesting food topic—what people keep in their kitchen.
Gastronomy Director Offers Lesson on Bygone Refrigerated Dessert
Every kind of food has a history. Food has context, character, and, above all, it has people who love it—otherwise, how would it withstand the test of both taste and time?
Knowing Food: BU MET Hosts Global Gastronomy Conference
From May 31 through June 3, 2023, Boston University’s campus was abuzz with culinary scholars, foodies, and explorers of gastronomic traditions from near and far attending the 2023 Conference of the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) and the Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society (AFHVS).
Gastronomy Director Elias Explains Role of Nostalgia Amid Gas Stove Controversy on NPR
Metropolitan College Associate Professor and Director of Gastronomy Megan Elias isn’t one to shy away from a hot-button issue. And with debates about the merits, drawbacks, and potential regulation of gas and electric induction stoves ongoing nationally, the food studies scholar and cultural historian was invited to make a radio appearance on NPR The Colin McEnroe Show to lend her perspective into why where we cook matters so much to us.
Return to Workplace Makes Lunch Hour More Important, Gastronomy Director Says
As author of Lunch: The History of a Meal, Dr. Megan Elias is an authority on the midday meal. The Gastronomy program director and associate professor of the practice, who has previously noted that lunch was the meal most impacted by the pandemic, was quoted in a recent Boston Globe story regarding the challenges faced […]