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Canadian Association for Food Studies/ L’Association canadienne des études sur l’alimentation

https://foodstudies.info/

Canadian Food Studies/La Revue canadienne des études sur l’alimentation

https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/
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Kids’ lit and food… L’alimentation et la littérature pour enfants… Food studies starts early! Il existe parfois des parallèles inattendus entre nos articles et nos critiques de livre par-delà le temps et les langues.
Image de couverture de Gastronomie québécoise et patrimoine. Le titre apparaît en haut, au-dessus d’une photographie d’une vaste collection soigneusement rangée de livres de cuisine historiques en français du Québec. Les noms des éditrices, Marie-Noëlle Aubertin et Geneviève Sicotte, figurent en dessous de la photographie, sur fond blanc. Cover image of the children’s book, Shy Cat and the Stuff-the-Bus-Challenge, by Dian Day and Amanda white, with the title and authors’ names over an illustration of two young people, one holding a skateboard and the other walking a bicycle. A cat appears from the right margin holding a banner with the title of the book.
November 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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#DigestingFoodStudies
#SchoolLunch
#Lunchboxes
#SchoolFood
#FoodPrograms
#StudentSuccess
#PrimarySchools
#SecondarySchools
#SchoolBoards
#Hunger
#MentalHealth
#CulturalIdentity
#Families
#TheSixMillionDollarMan
#SteveAustin
#CareBears
#SchoolCafeterias
#FoodPodcast

photo: David Szanto
Digesting Food Studies podcast logo with a white swoop and the show title, as well as the words Lunch Box Identities next to a black-and-white, high-exposure photo of a set of stacking tiffins.
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Concentré d’études sur l’alimentation (le podcast de la RCÉA)—épisode 107 : Les pesticides et la politique

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C’est quoi ça dans ta bouche ? Des pesticides ? D’autres produits chimiques ? Fais attention à ce que tu manges !

photo : Kath Clark/USC Canada
Logo du podcast Concentré d’études sur l’alimentation avec une forme blanche incurvée et le titre de l'émission, ainsi que les mots « Pesticides et la Politique » superposés sur une photo de deux mains qui tiennent des graines diverses.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Then, pair it with "The Dorothy Perkins Canadian Garden Book." archive.org/details/McGi...

More questions ensue: How does one stake up one’s tomatoes? What are the benefits of a cold frame? And is Dorothy Perkins the author’s real name?
Cover image of an archival copy of The Dorothy Perkins Canadian Garden Book, with a tattered yellow book jacket featuring a green halftone of a garden and the subtitle: "A Timely and Helpful Handbook for the Amateur Gardener. Written by a Canadian for Canadians, and adapted to our climatic conditions."
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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How did Canadian housewives become “housesoldiers”? And can food actually win wars? Read on!

Canadian Food Studies suggests you start with Jennifer Brady’s review of Ian Mosby’s first book, "Food Will Win The War: The Politics, Culture and Science of Food" (doi.org/10.15353/cfs...).
Cover image of Ian Mosby’s book, Food Will Win the War: The Politics, Culture, and Science of Food on Canada’s Home Front. At the centre of the page, on a teal-coloured medallion, is the black and white drawing of a woman dressed for foodwork. She is wearing an apron and a broad smile. Her left hand holds a wooden spoon while her right hand salutes the viewer.
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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#DigestingFoodStudies
#SchoolFood
#FoodPrograms
#StudentSuccess
#PrimarySchools
#SecondarySchools
#SchoolBoards
#Hunger
#MentalHealth
#CulturalIdentity
#FoodSovereignty
#FoodSecurity
#FoodCulture
#SchoolCafeterias
#LunchLadies
#FoodPodcast

Image: Alexia Moyer
Digesting Food Studies podcast logo with a white swoop and the show title, as well as the words School Food Programs over a photo of a plate of food including chick peas, deviled eggs, and sliced tomatoes, pickles, and radishes.
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Digesting Food Studies—Episode 105: Indigenous Food Sovereignty

Although Indigenous food sovereignty has been attacked by multiple colonial histories, rebuilding it can happen—through intergenerational learning and land-based practices. rss.com/podcasts/dig...

Image: Jacques Gaimard on Pixabay
Digesting Food Studies podcast logo with a white swoop and the show title, as well as the words Indigenous Food Sovereignty over an illustration of a purple-blue camas flower.
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Then pair it with Annabel Soutar’s theatre play, Seeds, which brings genetically modified crops into the realm of documentary theatre.
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#FoodBooks
#DocumentaryTheatre
#GMOs
#GeneticallyModifiedFoods
#Wheat
#Farming
#Farmers
#Agriculture
#FoodPolitics
#SeedSaving
Cover image of Emily Eaton’s book, Growing Resistance, with a light-filled photograph of a wheat field and the book title sitting at the horizon line between field and sky. Cover image of Annabel Soutar’s play, Seeds, featuring an ominous skyscape over a field, and the title of the work set in a biohazard symbol at the centre of the image.
November 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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#DigestingFoodStudies
#Feminism
#FeministStudies
#FoodSystems
#Gender
#Power
#SocialClass
#Racialization
#DomesticLabour
#Recipes
#HomeEconomics
#FoodWaste
#InfantFormula
#WomensWork
#FoodPodcast

Image: OpenClipart-Vectors on Pixabay
Digesting Food Studies podcast logo with a white swoop and the show title, as well as the words Feminist Food Studies over an illustration of a raised fist and a stylized green sunflower.
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Read a good food book lately? Seen a food-art show or design expo? Marathoned a food doc? CFS is always looking for media and event reviews! Email (reviews [aht] canadian food studies [dawt] ca) or click on the “Submit a request” button at canadianfoodstudies.ca.

image: David Szanto
An abstract artistic image with swirling beige, brown, white, and cream colours on a black background.
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Digesting Food Studies (the CFS podcast)—Episode 104: Infant Food Security

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photo: Erik De Leon; visual effects: Natalie Doonan
Digesting Food Studies podcast logo with a white swoop and the show title, and the words Infant Food Insecurity over a photo illustration of a woman breastfeeding a baby on an airplane.
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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#DigestingFoodStudies
#FoodArt
#FoundArt
#FoodSystems
#Materiality
#Milk
#Bread
#BreadBagTies
#DomesticLabour
#Poetry
#HouseholdManagement
#Cutlery
#Tableware
#Gender
#WomensWork
#covid
#FoodPodcast

image: Susan Goldberg
An artwork made of multi-coloured plastic bread bag tie-tags, entitled "Tank Tops", made by artist Susan Goldberg.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Digesting Food Studies (the CFS podcast)—Episode 103: Food Art & Material Practice

What can we learn about #foodsystems from making #art and getting our hands on the #materiality of food? Oh so very much!

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image: Susan Goldberg
Digesting Food Studies podcast logo with a white swoop and the show title, as well as the words Food Art and Material Practice over a photograph of a collage artwork made of bread bag tags.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Are you exploring Alternative Food Networks? You should check out the work of Dr. Alissa Overend!

Alissa currently serves on the CAFS Board. Watch the webinar on their 2021 book here:
youtu.be/QqwpGxtR8J8

#CAFS #Sociology #SocialTheory #IntersectionalFeminism #MediaAnalysis #DiscourseAnalysis
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Why a Choux Questionnaire? To elicit some tasty and surprising experiences, framed within a seemingly humble exterior—just like a choux pastry bun. Straightforward on their own, the queries combined start to form a celebratory pyramid of extravagance like a croquembouche.
A croquembouche on a purple backgrond—a pile of filled choux pastry buns held together with a sticky glaze, with a hand reaching forward holding a single bun.
November 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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#DigestingFoodStudies
#FoodWaste
#Upcycling
#Recycling
#Trash
#Cookbooks
#HouseholdManagement
#HomeEconomics
#Gender
#Labour
#WomensWork
#CanadianHistory
#FoodPodcast
#FoodSystems

image: David Szanto
Digesting Food Studies podcast logo with a white swoop and the show title, as well as the words Food Waste above a photograph of an industrial waste bin filled with scraps of pork fat and pork meat and a shovel propped up in it.
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Hopped Up: How Travel, Trade, and Taste Made Beer a Global Commodity (by Jeffrey Pilcher), reviewed by Ethan Shapiro
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#FoodStudies
#FoodBooks
#Mennonites
#InstitutionalFood
#SchoolFood
#HospitalFood
#PrisonFood
#CarceralFood
#Beer
#Hops
#Brewing
Cover image of Jeffrey Pilcher’s book, Hopped Up, with the title in a banner across a pilsner glass of beer, a globe, and some hops.
October 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Serving the Public: The Good Food Revolution in Schools, Hospitals and Prisons (by Kevin Morgan), reviewed by Jennifer Sumner
doi.org/10.15353/cfs...
Cover image of Kevin Morgan’s book, Serving the Public, with the title in large letters on a red background and an illustrated orange fork holding a British pound symbol.
October 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Looking for some rich, hearty, and satisfying food studies readings? Check out the latest book reviews from Canadian Food Studies!

Eating Like a Mennonite: Food and Community Across Borders (by Marlene Epp), reviewed by Aqeel Ihsan
doi.org/10.15353/cfs...
Cover image of Marlene Epp’s book, Eating Like a Mennonite, with abstract wooden spoon graphics and soft colours.
October 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Digesting Food Studies—Episode 102: Teaching about Food Studies

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#FoodLiteracy
#FoodPodcast
#FoodSystems
#PaoloFreire
#FoodJustice

image: Lucy Godoy
An alternate version of the Rosie the Riveter poster (made out of chocolate), showing a female cook in a chef's toque, holding a red whisk in front of hanging pots and pans, the words "We Can Do It!" in a word bubble above.
October 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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And oh yeah, this too: www.canada.ca/en/employmen...

#SchoolFood

#SchoolLunch

#FoodPolicy

#FoodSystems

photo: Alexia Moyer
A blue tray set with a water glass, orange napkin, fork, and plate of food with chick peas, radishes, devilled eggs, pickles, and tomatoes.
October 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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This episode features Élisabeth Abergel and Ryan Phillips, guest editors of the Meat Studies themed section in Vol. 11 No. 1 of Canadian Food Studies. Alexia Moyer talks about the tools we use when eating meat—and how they have evolved over the year...
DFS podcast logo with white swoop and a stylized graphic of a hamburger with text below reading "a food systems podcast from the editors of Canadian Food Studies".
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Are you concerned about the future of food studies in the era of artificial intelligence? We at Canadian Food Studies are, and would love to hear what you have to say about it.

Check out our AI policy at canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cf...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Step back in time and listen to the founding editor of Canadian Food Studies, Ellen Desjardins, talk about the creation of the CAFS journal! Plus, meet the CFS co-managing editor, Alexia Moyer, who shares a tasty tidbit from food humanities each episode, in her segment, the Amuse Bouche.
Digesting Food Studies podcast logo with white swoop and text below reading "a food systems podcast from the editors of Canadian Food Studies". Concentré d'études sur l'alimentation podcast logo with turquoise swoop and text below reading "un podcast produit par les éditeurs de la Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation".
October 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Enjoy the full plenary: "FOUNDATIONS—Food studies in Indigenous Territories and Canada," here: youtu.be/2Wqic9XsQEA

#Food #IndigenousTerritories #Canada #FoodStudies #AfricanNovaScotians #Mikmaki
October 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM