Anthropology of Food

We have dedicated pages for:

• Searching the BU Libraries
  • instructions for connecting to and searching for BU Libraries materials 
• Foundational Sources
  • recommended encyclopedias, dictionaries, and books from the BU collections
• Additional Resources
  • magazines, databases, data sets, and more both at BU and beyond
• Online Collections, Menus, and Recipes
  • collections of historical digitized content, cookbooks, menus, recipes and more

A Specific Geographical Community or Region:

When searching BU Libraries Search try searching for terms including:

• (country/geographic/community name) AND food history
• (country/geographic/community name) AND culinary history
• (country/geographic/community name) AND food traditions
• (country/geographic/community name) AND cooking

For example, if I was researching the food history of Peru, I might try searching BU Libraries Search with:

• Peru AND food history
• Peru AND culinary history
• Peru AND food traditions
• Peru AND cooking

A Specific Food/Beverage Item

For searching for a specific item of food or beverage, try searching BU Libraries Search  for terms including:

• (country/geographic/community name) AND history

For example, if I was searching about the history and culture of Pepsi, I might try searching BU Libraries Search for:

• pepsi AND history
• pepsi AND culture
• pepsi AND culinary traditions

Still stuck? Email Lucy, Librarian, at LFlamm@BU.edu.

Check out the Gastronomy at OpenBU: Recipe Boxes and Recipe Scrapbooks for digital materials relating to recipes, recipe scrapbooks, and cooking traditions. 

Or, visit BU Gastronomy Cookbook Library Catalog on LibraryThing and see the books available at the Fuller Building to you outside of the BU Libraries system.