Series
California Studies in Food and Culture
Darra Goldstein, Editor
The California Studies in Food and Culture series considers the relationship between food and culture from a range of disciplines and approaches including anthropology, sociology, history, economics, philosophy, and women's studies. The series seeks to broaden the audience for serious scholarship as well as to celebrate food as a means of understanding the world.
81 Results



The Pierogi Problem: Cosmopolitan Appetites and the Reinvention of Polish Food
by Fabio Parasecoli (Author), Agata Bachórz (Author), and 1 moreAug 2025
On Hunger: Violence and Craving in America, from Starvation to Ozempic
by Dana Simmons (Author)Apr 2025Open Access
The Quinoa Bust: The Making and Unmaking of an Andean Miracle Crop
by Emma McDonell (Author)Feb 2025
Intoxicating Pleasures: The Reinvention of Wine, Beer, and Whiskey after Prohibition
by Lisa Jacobson (Author)Oct 2024
From Label to Table: Regulating Food in America in the Information Age
by Xaq Frohlich (Author)Oct 2023
Ways of Eating: Exploring Food through History and Culture
by Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft (Author), Merry White (Author)Sep 2023




Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race: Stories of Capital, Culture, and Coloniality in Peru
by María Elena García (Author)Mar 2021
The Scarcity Slot: Excavating Histories of Food Security in Ghana
by Amanda L. Logan (Author)Dec 2020Open Access
The Fruits of Empire: Art, Food, and the Politics of Race in the Age of American Expansion
by Shana Klein (Author)Oct 2020
Let's Ask Marion: What You Need to Know about the Politics of Food, Nutrition, and Health
by Marion Nestle (Author), Kerry Trueman (Author)Sep 2020
Sameness in Diversity: Food and Globalization in Modern America
by Laresh Jayasanker (Author), Carol Helstosky (Foreword by)Apr 2020
Feeding the Crisis: Care and Abandonment in America’s Food Safety Net
by Maggie Dickinson (Author)Nov 2019
The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools
by Jennifer E. Gaddis (Author)Nov 2019
Encyclopedia of Pasta
by Oretta Zanini De Vita (Author), Maureen Fant (Translator), and 1 moreSep 2019