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Digesting Food Studies—Episode 119: Kids’ Lit and Food Insecurity  https://lnkd.in/eCrwi-RB Books for kids can be mirrors and windows, reflecting readers’ own lives or opening up onto those of others. When it comes to issues like hunger and poverty, portrayals in children’s literature have lasting effects on our collective understanding. Alexia Moyer, Ph.D. looks back at food insecurity in The Tin Flute (Bonheur d’occasion) by Gabrielle Roy, while Dian Day gazes forward with her qualitative analysis “Food Insecurity in Books for Children?” (https://lnkd.in/ete99P62) AND her own graphic novel (with Amanda White), Shy Cat and the Stuff-the-Bus Challenge. Then, with a perspective on family food insecurity more broadly, Ruby Harrington shares her thoughts on Dian’s article and the ways in which hunger and poverty need systemic, concerted attention from academics and governance bodies alike. #DigestingFoodStudies #FoodPodcast #FoodInsecurity #FoodSecurity #Literature #Children #Hunger #Poverty #GabrielleRoy #TheTinFlute #BonheurDOccasion #ShyCat #SecondStoryPress #FoodDrives #FoodStudies #Academia

Digesting Food Studies—Episode 118: Reading Menus as History  https://lnkd.in/ejmY-2iS What’s on the menu? A lot, it turns out, and we’re not just talking about hors d’oeuvres and tasting combos. From gravy stains to hand-written notes, menus are an important source of information about cultural histories, social patterns, and human migration. This episode considers menus as historical records. Alexia Moyer, Ph.D. shares excerpts of meal planning from Northern Cookbook, and guest Koby Song-Nichols explains his 4-part methodology for menu analysis, discussed in “Can Historians Order off the Menu?” from Canadian Food Studies. (https://lnkd.in/esjZQCrA). And, serving up a scoopful of DFS afters, Anson Hunt weighs in with his perspective on Koby’s article and the ways that menus bridge conversations between front, back, and middle of house. #DigestingFoodStudies #FoodPodcast #Menus #FoodHistory #Restaurants #Cooks #Kitchens #CanadianNorth #FoodStudies #Academia

Digesting Food Studies—Episode 116: Social Economy of Food  https://lnkd.in/e-dzBd7s Sharing, gifting, and informal economies have been around forever, and they might be seeing a new resurgence that offers promise for the long-term. This episode helps re-think and reorient ourselves towards creating integrated value exchanges beyond just the financial kind. Alexia Moyer, Ph.D. provides gifts from Sandro Botticelli and Catherine Parr Traill, and guest editor Irena Knezevic talks about “The social and informal economy of food” issue of Canadian Food Studies. (https://lnkd.in/eQ9RaMSt). Finally, christophe dubois shares his thoughts on social gastronomy and Mary Anne Martin's use of feminist theory to explore urban agriculture. #DigestingFoodStudies #FoodPodcast #SocialEconomy #GiftEconomy #Sharing #Boticelli #CatherineParrTraill #FemaleEmigrantsGuide #SocialGastronomy #FeministTheory #UrbanAgriculture #FruitRescue #FoodStudies #Academia

What happens when there just isn’t enough lunch to go around? In this version of A Shared Lunch, we draw your attention to Andrew Sweetnam’s research on food insecurity, as experienced by older adults who are, or can, also be social change agents. How can older adults become involved in the food justice movement? What are the barriers to their engagement? And how can they contribute to a more inclusive and sustainable food future? Read and find out: https://lnkd.in/eSZr-adh photo: Alexia Moyer

An egg on toast. Or, a poached egg and local, seasonal asparagus on a toasted slice of bechamel-topped sourdough bread. What would the many authors of “Balancing economic and social dual bottom-lines: Qualitative inquiry of healthy food retailing in rural Newfoundland and Labrador” (CFS Vol. 12, No. 3) make of this Shared Lunch? Looking at food retailing in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, Rebecca LeDrew et al. might be keen to determine this lunch’s bottom line. What is the economic cost? Further, what is the potential social gain of sourcing the abovenamed ingredients and making them available to consumers? They ask, what are the options, facilitators and barriers to healthy food retailing? Read on, and bon appétit! https://lnkd.in/eZEH2RW4 photo: Alexia Moyer

How do you read this Shared Lunch? What are its health benefits? What role do split peas and carrots play in combating diet-related diseases? And how else might we decipher this meal? Pamela Farrell proposes that our food literacy is shaped by more than just nutritional guidelines. Rather, they emerge out of “a complex interplay of sociocultural factors.” For more on the many ways to situate the bacon, read “Food Brings People Together: The Sociocultural Factors that Shape Food Literacies.” https://lnkd.in/e7nGc9PV photo: Alexia Moyer

Digesting Food Studies—Episode 116: On the Nanaimo Bar Trail  https://lnkd.in/eFPG5XXn How layered are food culture and food histories? Very! How layered are Nanaimo Bars? Three times “very”! That’s what you get with no-bake desserts… From France to British Columbia, this episode takes a sweet turn, focusing on place-based foods and the fascinating notion of “populux dainties.” Guests include Alexia Moyer, Ph.D., Lenore Newman, and Julia Mitchell. The article in focus is Lenore’s “Notes from the Nanaimo Bar Trail,” published in the very first issue of Canadian Food Studies! (https://lnkd.in/eaypSHnQ) #DigestingFoodStudies #FoodPodcast #Cookies #Cakes #NoBakeDessert #NanaimoBar #ParisBrest #BicycleRace #Populux #Poutine #Folklore #Fakelore #FoodStudies #Academia photo: Joy (Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY 2.0, no changes made) 

Following the University of Regina Press’s tagline, “A Gathering of Many Voices,” we’ve pulled together two voices from their catalogue, offering possible research, teaching, and travel inspiration on or in the Northern Great Plains. Start with James Daschuk’s "Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life," reviewed by Bradley C. Hiebert in Vol. 1, No, 2 of Canadian Food Studies: https://lnkd.in/eSRcUaPS Then, pair it with a dissertation-turned-monograph from 30 years ago, and now in print. R. Grace Morgan’s Beaver, Bison, Horse: The Traditional Knowledge and Ecology of the Northern Great Plains includes a foreword by none other James Daschuk. https://lnkd.in/ejvKsw5q #UniversityOfReginaPress #NorthernGreatPlains #JamesDaschuk #RGraceMorgan #Beaver #Bison #Horse

Revealing that no discipline is an island, we bring together Food Studies and Feminist Studies by way of a book-turned-bridge and a podcast-turned-boat. Plus, there’s rice pudding involved! First, read this book: "Food and Femininity" by Kate Cairns and Josée Johnston. (Read Jennifer Braun’s review of it here: https://lnkd.in/eNkdNNJa) Then, listen to the "Feminist Food Studies" episode of the CFS podcast, Digesting Food Studies (episode 10). Listen here: https://lnkd.in/eQvyRuCy The question remains, what does all of this have to do with a recipe for rice pudding? Inquiring minds like yours will definitely want to know… #FoodAndFemininity #FoodStudies #FeministStudies #Feminism #RicePudding #Interdisciplinary #TheHomeCookbook

Digesting Food Studies—Episode 115: Fisheries Diversification  https://lnkd.in/eXBXgttz Something not so fishy is going on in the Gulf of St. Lawrence! Well, actually, it is pretty fishy, but in a good way: the diversification of a First Nations fishery... Diversification is a survival strategy that applies to many aspects of food systems, from biomes to economies to cuisine. This episode is about many of those things, including green sea urchins and the Première Nation Wolastoqiyik Wahsipekuk's approach to fisheries and food-making.  The Canadian Food Studies publication in focus is Charlotte Gagnon-Lewis’s “Fishing amongst industrial ghosts: The challenges of green sea urchin diversification in Eastern Canada,” from Vol. 12, No. 1 (2025). (https://lnkd.in/eEYVM-C8) Plus, Alexia Moyer, Ph.D. shares a story from the Biodôme de Montréal, and master student Adelle D’Urzo Paugh responds to Charlotte’s article with reflections on participatory co-learning and the Capitalocene. #DigestingFoodStudies #FoodPodcast #Fisheries #StLawrence #SeaUrchin #Uni #Gonads #Diversification #Fishing #WolastoqiyikWahsipekukFirstNation #Maqahamok #Cacouna #MontrealBiodome #EspacePourLaVie #Anthropocene #Capitalocene #FoodStudies #Academia photo: Hannah Robinson