The History and Culture of Cuisine and Restaurants (MCUL-500)

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The course readings provided here are resources in the CIA Library or Open Access

There may be additional readings provided by your instructor.

• New York Times: Innocence Abroad: Memories of ’39 Fair, 1989 (Activate your Academic Pass to NY Times using your CIA email here to access NYT for free)
• Eater: A Name You Should Know: Eugenie Brazier, 2016
• The Bocuse Legacy, Part One (on YouTube)
• The Bocuse Legacy, Part Two (on YouTube)
• Remembering Paul Bocuse, A Culinary Luminary (on YouTube)
• Nathan Myhrvold: The Art in Gastronomy A Modernist Perspective. Gastronomica 11:1, Spring 2011, pp. 13 – 22 (PDF posted to Moodle)
• Janet Yaseen: Death Knell for Nouvelle, Gastronome: Autumn 1981 (PDF posted to Moodle)
• Britannica.com: Nouvelle Cuisine
• Linda Bird Francke with Scott Sullivan and Seth Goldschlager: Food: The New Wave, Newsweek, 1975 (PDF posted to Moodle)
• Time Magazine: Eat American! Mimi Sheraton, 2005 (PDF posted to Moodle)

• New York Times: Edna Lewis and The Black Roots of American Cooking, 2015 (PDF posted to Moodle) (Activate your Academic Pass to NY Times using your CIA email here to access NYT for free)
• The New Yorker: Brigade de Cuisine, 1979
• Craig Claiborne and the Invention of Food Journalism (New School Panel Conversation) (on YouTube)
• The New York Times: As Not Seen On TV, 2012(PDF posted to Moodle)
• Plate: Restaurants Need Critics in Order to Survive, 2021
• Modernist Cuisine: The Harvard Lecture (on YouTube)
• GQ Magazine: The Rise of Egotarian Cuisine, Alan Richman, 2014
• Lucky Peach: The State of Fine Dining (PDF posted to Moodle)
• Eater: Why Fine Dining Chefs are Getting into the Chain Gang, 2014
• The Menu (2022 film; 1hr 46m)
• Times-Picayune: Josh Besh Restaurants Fostered Culture of Sexual Harassment, 25 Women Say, 2019
• Eater NY: Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich Fostered a ‘Boys' Club’ Culture of Misconduct at Restaurants, Dozens Allege, 2017
• TED Talk featuring Christina Bowerman: The Human Factor in Culinary Arts
• Vogue: Chef Omar Tate Launches a Dinner Series Celebrating Black Farmers and Foodways, 2022 (PDF posted to Moodle)
• Eater LA: LA’s Most Exciting Pop-Up is a Nigerian Tasting Menu in Hollywood, 2022
• TED Talk featuring Jose Andres: How We Fed an Island After Hurricane Maria Hit Puerto Rico
• The Chefs' Manifesto (browse site)
• Food + Wine: F&W Game Changers: Empowering Employment, 2021
• Forbes: What Will the Restaurant of the Future Look Like?, 2021