Kathleen Lebesco - Edible Ideologies: Representing Food and Meaning

Edible ideologies : representing food and meaning / edited by: Kathleen LeBesco, Peter Naccarato.

p. cm . Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN 978-0-7914-7287-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISB N

978-0-7914-7288-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. FoodHistory. 2. FoodSocial aspects. I. LeBesco, Kathleen, 1970 II. Naccarato, Peter, 1970

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To Fede Mauro Naccarato and Brooks LaRose , our grandparents, perched on whose windowsill s and countertops we learned to love foo d

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

Virginia Woolf, A Room of Ones Own

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CHAPTER 6 Typisch Deutsch : Culinary Tourism and the Presentation

We must beg to differ with the sentiment behind the adage that too many cooks spoil the broth. In fact, we have a great many people to thank for stirring the pot.

Our nine contributors worked diligently to provide the raw material for this collection, flexibly reworking their pieces under tight deadlines with great skill.

Partial funding for the project was generously granted by the late Margaret Sokol, a vibrant longtime supporter of faculty development.

A number of faculty, staff, and students at Marymount Manhattan College were supportive of this endeavor. In particular, we appreciate conversations with our undergraduate students in Edible Ideologies: The Politics of Food both in fall 2002 and spring 2006. Henry Blanke and Tammy Wofsey assisted with a never-ending series of requests for interlibrary loans. Ryan Cunningham provided heroic administrative support. Kelsey Crittenden, Louise Mattarelliano, Margaret Westby, and Laura Young served capably as editorial/research assistants. David Linton and Dawn Weber championed funding for the project through adminis trative channels.

We first dreamed up the project after attending the Eat, Drink and Be Merry: Food and Drink in the 21st Century conference at the Ams terdam School of Cultural Analysis in 2002. Subsequent food studies-related presentations at the annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association in Atlanta (2006), the Politics and/in Aesthetics conference at the University of Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria (2005), and the Interna tional Communication Association annual conference in San Diego (2003) cemented our knowledge base and our commitment. We thank

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the many scholars who provided fine feedback on our ideas at these varied venues.

At SUNY Press, we thank Larin McLaughlin for recognizing the potential of this project and shepherding it to fruition, and Kelli Williams LeRoux for guidance during the production phase. The comments of two anonymous reviewers also shaped the collection, and to them we express gratitude.

Our families and friends have also been enthusiastic about the project. (After some of our earlier research topics, food is a relatively easy sell!) Grazie to Peg Leahy, Kurt LeBesco, Pauline Franz, John Shields, Pete Naccarato and Laura Naccarato.