by Katarzyna Cwiertka | Feb 2, 2014 | News
We are proud to announce Global Food History, a new, peer-reviewed, academic journal that aims to present works in food history from leading scholars in the field. We welcome original manuscripts covering any period from prehistory to the present and any geographical...
by Katarzyna J. Cwiertka | Jan 31, 2014 | Media
According to author and scholar Katarzyna Cwiertka, the notion of “national” cuisine is an idea born no earlier than the 19th century. Prior to that social class and regional availability of foodstuffs mostly defined the culinary conventions. It was the “opening” of...
by Katarzyna J. Cwiertka | Jan 30, 2014 | Media, News
Japanners houden van mooie verpakkingen. Maar die komen op steeds verder uitdijende vuilnisbelten terecht. ‘Je kunt het vergelijken met Sinterklaassurprises’, zegt Katarzyna Cwiertka, hoogleraar Modern Japan Studies. ‘Er is veel aandacht voor de vorm. Wat er in de...
by Katarzyna Cwiertka | Jan 19, 2014 | News
‘Younger Japanese have been turning to high-end Western cuisine and fast-food chains. Japan’s annual rice consumption has fallen by 17 percent in the past 15 years. Demand for meat has exceeded that for fish since 2006, according to government figures. Some of...
by Katarzyna J. Cwiertka | Jan 1, 2014 | News
Mochi rice cakes and the folklore surrounding its making constitutes the core of New Year’s celebrations in Japan. The status of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity inscribed to washoku in December 2013, clearly specifies that ‘the basic knowledge and the...
