Centre for Folk Culture Studies

Brief Reviews of Three New Books
Foodways Section of the American Folklore Society
Three book reviews, and a reading list.

Food and Migration: Towards a Definition of Border Cooking
Tafoya, Jesús L.
When we think about border food from northern Mexico, the first thing that comes to most
people is Tex Mex food or a food with no definite flavor or personality. In other pap…

New Courses Offered by IU Anthropology Department
Foodways Section of the American Folklore Society
This section contain syllabi and reading materials for several new courses offered by the Indiana University Anthropology Department on the folklore of …

Tasting The Dream: Feasts and Feasting in the Society for Creative Anachronism
Lash, Sarah
In the search for an “authentic medieval experience,” members of the Society for
Creative Anachonism, or SCA, explore a wide range of activities, from fightin…