In this episode, Gastronomica Co-Chair Dan Bender speaks with <a href="http://www.teresapolitano.com/" target="_blank">Teresa Politano</a> about her personal essay, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2021.21.3.73" target="_blank">“Don’t Forget the Tomatoes for My Funeral,”</a> a finalist in the upcoming 2022 International Association of Culinary Professionals Food Writing Awards. Drawing together stories of grief and comfort through a range of care packages – from freezer casseroles, grocery store cakes, and power bars, to homemade potato salads, freshly baked cookies and bread, and sun-ripened garden tomatoes – Teresa reflects on consumption and commensality in American funeral rituals.Gastronomica is Powered by <a href="http://simplecast.com/">Simplecast</a>.

Matthew Meduri on Eating Out in the Magic City

The Gastronomica podcast is where the academic field of food studies meets a public appetite for gastronomy and the culinary arts. Tune in to hear interviews with authors whose articles or books have recently been featured in the journal (published by University of California Press since 2001), as we showcase diverse voices in the food world, tackle complex questions about cooking, cuisine, culinary traditions, food justice and equity. Each episode is hosted by a member of the journal’s Editorial Collective, representing food scholars, perspectives, and disciplines from around the world. 

Gastronomica's theme song is by Robert T. Valgenti and mixed by Samuel N. Ortiz.
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The photo, "A Wise Crack,” is by Carl Fleischhauer.