Food serves as a lens for understanding diverse cultures. With the growing popularity of K-pop and K-drama, this course offers students a cross-cultural study of how personal identities and social groups are formed. We will identify the meaning and significance of food by experiencing and exploring foods in Korea and Japan to directly engage with…
In this class we will investigate the regional differences of the locations we visit by doing a deep dive into what makes the food of each place different. We won’t just be eating a lot of great food, we will consider environmental, political, historical and social factors. We will look at tourist accounts from different…
This interdisciplinary course will not only demonstrate how food is an integral part of France and Germany while showcasing their respective cultures, it will also contextualize American eating habits, gastronomic traditions, and the current trends that are shaping the food scene in the United States. Although readings, assignments, and research-centered projects will provide the framework…
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