After three years of you-know-what, we returned for a 9th edition of the econo’food potluck last week. One change for the 2020s is being more intentional about in-person events, which […]
Economic explanations can be like trying to explain why a joke is funny: it takes a long time, and by the end it’s not funny any more. Our explanations can […]
Our 7th annual econ-of-food class potluck, new and improved: now with an original student recipe!
If the blog post below is too long, don’t read: jump to a small […]
This year’s class potluck was especially saboroso, with a delicious Sopa Paraguaya from Gabi Fretes — and a wild Puerto Rican Coquito from Nayla Bezares here being praised by judge […]
Our fifth annual class potluck this week was terrific. We do love our food!
For this year, we were able to schedule the dinner immediately after introducing the idea […]
Our fourth annual Econ o’Food potluck was last night, the biggest ever and great fun.
This year we had prizes for the best dish in each of five categories, […]
A fun feature of NUTR 238 is our annual econ-of-food potluck dinner, to celebrate the privileges of modern food culture. So many choices! The idea is to show off our […]
This will soon become the resource page for a textbook on Food Economics: Agriculture, Nutrition and Health, forthcoming in 2024 from Palgrave MacMillan. Behind the […]
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