FSTB14H3

Why We Cook

An exploration of how eating and cooking traditions around the world have been affected by economic, environmental, and social changes, including imperialism, migration, climate change, and urbanization. Topics include: immigrant cuisines, commodity exchanges, and the rise of the restaurant. Tutorials focus on exploring cooking traditions from across time and around the world. exploration of how eating traditions around the world have been affected by economic and social changes, including imperialism, migration, the rise of a global economy, and urbanization. Lectures will be supplemented by cooking demonstrations.