June 2024 – Amanda Leavitt

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27, Jun 2024

Rebecca Earle’s “The Body of the Conquistador” – A Book Review by Amanda Leavitt, MA Gastronomy

How Rebecca Earle explores the impact of food and climate on Spanish Colonist's health and diet

Tags: Amerindians, Body of the Conquistador, Climate and Colonization, colonization, Conquistadors, European Diet, European Settlers, Food History, Food Studies, Historical Books, Indigenous Foods, Native American History, Rebecca Earle, Spanish colonization, The Americas

20, Jun 2024

Enrique Salmon’s “Eating the Landscape” – A Book Review by Amanda Leavitt, MA Gastronomy

Enrique Salmon's writing explores how eating's purpose goes beyond nourishment - it is a political act

Tags: American Indian agriculture, book review, Cultural identity through food, Enrique salmon, Environmental stewardship, Ethnobiology and agriculture, ethnobotany and food traditions, Indigenous farming practices, Indigenous food sovereignty, Indigenous foodways, Indigenous storytelling, Native American agriculture, Resilience in indigenous communities, Traditional ecological knowledge, Traditional food systems

13, Jun 2024

Marie Sarita Gaytán’s “Tequila! Distilling the Spirit of Mexico” – A Book Review by Amanda Leavitt, MA Gastronomy

In her book, Marie Sarita Gaytán explores how tequila - and its production- is symbolic of Mexican national identity

Tags: agave, Cultural heritage Mexico, Marie Sarita Gaytan, Mexican identity, Mexican-American relations, mezcal and tequila, Pancho Villa tequila, social impact tequila, tequila, Tequila culture, tequila history, tequila in literature, tequila media representation, tequila production, Tequila symbolism, Tequila tourism

6, Jun 2024

Michael A. Lacombe’s Political Gastronomy – A Book Review by Amanda Leavitt, MA Gastronomy

Exploration of LaCombe's study of the role food played in politics vis-a-vis Native American and English Society during colonialism.

Tags: gastronomy, Indigenous Food, Native American Food, political gastronomy