As the influx of processed foods threatens traditional diets in rural Mexico, an intergenerational community is forming to keep people…
Tracing Roti’s Pasts, Presents, and FuturesThe Roti Collective, a community-based research project, explores the layered histories that brought a flatbread from the Indian subcontinent around…
Cultivating Dragon Fruit’s Political Power in EcuadorIn the Ecuadorian Amazon, an anthropologist explores how the Shuar people are betting on dragon fruit cultivation to reclaim economic…
How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West AfricaArchaeological evidence and Oral Histories show people in what is today Ghana lived sustainably for millennia—until European colonial powers and…
Why Do We Eat at Funerals?A sociocultural anthropologist explores the cultural significance of funeral rituals and food traditions worldwide. Funeral traditions around the world involve…
Unearthing Culinary Pasts—With Help From Llama PoopA food archaeologist investigates everyday eating and lean times among the ancient Moche of Peru through a remarkable discovery of…
People of the PeppersMeet Katherine Chiou, an archaeologist who conducts research in Mexico and Peru to search for clues about humanity’s spicy romance…
Why These Hong Kong Urbanites Are FarmingAn anthropologist takes readers inside a Hong Kong ecovillage, revealing a small but thriving movement built around food, sustainability, and…
Planting Seeds for a More Ethical FutureThree contributors to a special series reflect on why slowing down and building trust between community partners is fundamental to…
When Coffee Is Like Angel Cake With Strawberry JamAn anthropologist delves into the rarefied ritualistic world of specialty coffee, where highly trained brewers and judges compete to determine…
