Spring Pépin Lecture Series offers Global Perspectives on Food
The Pépin Lecture Series at Boston University is your chance to learn from some of the world’s foremost gastronomy and food studies experts, free of charge. Sponsored by the Jacques Pépin Foundation, these lectures explore issues of the day through the prism of food. This spring’s slate of Pépin lectures features a number of global […]
Gastronomy Alum Unpacks Masculinity, Marketing, and the Secret Origin of ‘Dude Food’
In her new book, Diners, Dudes and Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture, MLA in Gastronomy alum Emily Contois (MET’13) explores the concept of “dude food”—a powerful cultural construct developed in recent decades by marketers aiming to encourage male-identifying audiences to spend more on food. “I was interested in how […]
Triple Helping of Culinary Classes Bring Pépin Lecture Series Online
With his pivotal role in the launch and development of BU MET’s MLA in Gastronomy and Certificate in the Culinary Arts programs, legendary chef Jacques Pépin helped Boston University pioneer scholarly pursuits of the human science of food in the United States. Through the Pépin Lecture Series in Food Studies & Gastronomy, BU MET provides […]
MET Lecturer Sour on Sugar Industry
The sugar industry would have you believe that there is no solid, specific link between sugar consumption and weight gain. But award-winning health and science journalist Gary Taubes, who recently delivered a lecture on the subject as part of MET Food & Wine’s Pépin Lecture Series, writes in the New York Times that many industry […]