EPISODE · Nov 18, 2023 · 19 MIN
What's4Dinner, Dr. Bentley?
from What's 4 Dinner, Nina? · host Nina
*Theme of the week: FOOD & ACADEMIA* Food historian, author, and Professor of Food Studies at New York University, Dr. Amy Bentley joins us and takes us on a historic culinary journey from World War 2 food culture, to baby food culture, to modern day New York City food life. Dr. Bentley's books include: Inventing Baby Food: Taste, Health, and the Industrialization of the American Diet Eating for Victory: Food Rationing and the Politics of Domesticity A Cultural History of Food in the Modern Era (editor) Food for Thought: Nourishment, Culture, Meaning (co-editor) She is also involved in a wide range of food-related academic projects. Listen in to find her journey with food and what she will have 4 dinner!
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*Theme of the week: FOOD & ACADEMIA* Food historian, author, and Professor of Food Studies at New York University, Dr. Amy Bentley joins us and takes us on a historic culinary journey from World War 2 food culture, to baby food culture, to modern day New York City food life. Dr. Bentley's books include: Inventing Baby Food: Taste, Health, and the Industrialization of the American Diet Eating for Victory: Food Rationing and the Politics of Domesticity A Cultural History of Food in the Modern Era (editor) Food for Thought: Nourishment, Culture, Meaning (co-editor) She is also involved in a wide range of food-related academic projects. Listen in to find her journey with food and what she will have 4 dinner!
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