Skip to content
VIU members

Isola di San Servolo
30100 Venice - Italy
viu@univiu.org
tel. +39 041 2719511
fax. +39 041 2719510

Scegli VIU
per il tuo 5 per mille

Hall Reading Room Residential Hall 12 Balcony Undergraduate GroupPhoto Lido from Auditorium
mailto:shss@univiu.org
undergraduate graduate research projects continuing education

Are We What We Eat? An Inter-disciplinary Introduction to the Study of Food: readings

Document Actions
Andrew Monnickendam, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
 Barnes, Julian. The Pedant in the Kitchen. London: Guardian, 2003.

 Brillat-Savarin, Jean-Anthelme. The Philosopher in the Kitchen. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1988.

 Davidson, Alan. The Oxford Companion to Food. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2006.

 Glasse, Hannah. The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy. London: Prospect Books, 1983

 Harris, Marvin. Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture. Prospect Heights: Waveland Press, 1985.

 Helstosky, Helen. “Recipe for the Nation: Reading Italian History through La Scienzia in Cucina and La Cucina Futurista,” Food and Foodways 11:2-3 2003, 113-140.

 Kurlansky, Mark Cod: A Biography of a Fish that Changed the World. New York: Penguin, 1998.

 Salt: A World History. New York: Penguin, 2003.

 Mennell, Stephen. All Manners of Food: Eating and Taste in England and France form the Middle Ages to the Present, 2nd edition, Urbana and Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1987.

 Mintz, Stephen. Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History. New York: Penguin, 1985.

 Monnickendam, Andrew. “Eating Your Words: Plate and Nation in Meg Dod’s The Cook and Housewife’s Manual (1826),” Scottish Studies Review 6:1 2005, 33-42.

Montagne, Prosper. Larousse Gastronomique. London: Hamlyn, 2001.

 Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 2002.

 Steingarten, Jeffrey. The Man Who Ate Everything: Everything You Wanted to Know about Food but Were Afraid to Ask. London: Vintage, 1998.

 Weiner, Jessica. Do I Look Fat in This? London: Pocket Books, 2007.

 Weiner, Mark. “Consumer Culture and Participatory Democracy: The Story of Coca-Cola during World War II,” Food and Foodways 6:2 1996, 109-129.
Links
 Are We What We Eat? An Inter-disciplinary Introduction to the Study of Food: course description Are We What We Eat? An Inter-disciplinary Introduction to the Study of Food: course description Are We What We Eat? An Inter-disciplinary Introduction to the Study of Food: syllabus Are We What We Eat? An Inter-disciplinary Introduction to the Study of Food: syllabus Are We What We Eat? An Inter-disciplinary Introduction to the Study of Food: evaluation Are We What We Eat? An Inter-disciplinary Introduction to the Study of Food: evaluation
Last modified 2007-10-12 17:13
VIUWebmaster
 
 

_____________________
Spring 2009 Semester Program

Pre-registration opens October 15, 2008
 Spring 2009 courses
Course registration opens January 15, 2009 at 3pm
 Globalization Program
Accommodation info
Deadline for Accommodation postponed to December 12, 2008
Visa info for non-EU students
FAQ
Download the Student Handbook here
_____________________

VIUBLOGS now online!

_____________________ Exchange students
from Ca' Foscari and Iuav are eligible to participate in the program. Please email shss@univiu.org for admission information.



_____________________
Extra-curricular activities

Each semester various activities are organized.

-Creative projects
-Movie series
-Night visit to St. Mark's Basilica
-Day trip on Venetian Lagoon
-Trip to Port of Venice
-Site visits related to courses  in Venice and its hinterland

AIESEC International Students' Association
VIU also collaborates with AIESEC for extra-curricular activities. More info here

_____________________
Internships
for Ca' Foscari students:
The School also offers internships to Ca' Foscari students. If you are interested in a 4-month internship please contact the SHSS office: shss@univiu.org


 
Left bottom bar VIU mail