Past Events
CANCEL: Food for thought? Exhibitions as a site of critical intervention in school food policy and practice.
Dr Deana Leahy, Faculty of Education, Monash University
April 7, 2020 - 12:00
Culinaria Kitchen, SW 313, U of T Scarborough campus
CANCEL: "Coloring The Invisible Tongue: Communicating Archaeobotany and Food Archaeology in Thailand"
Nattha Chuenwattama
March 27, 2020 - 15:00
Culinaria Kitchen, SW 313, U of T Scarborough
CANCEL: Talk: "Wonder Foods"--19th c. urbanization
Lisa Haushofer
March 20, 2020 - 15:00
U of T St George campus, Jackman Humanities Building, 230-170 St. George Street, Room JHB 318
Taste Affinities - Symposium
March 13, 2020 - 09:30
Alumni Hall, Victoria College, U of T St George campus, 91 Charles St West
Lucile’s Scrapbook: Eating Around the World, 1937
Daniel Bender
March 12, 2020 - 12:00
Council Chamber, AA Building, Room AA160, U of T Scarborough
Edible History (HISB14H3) Pop-Up Restaurant!
HISB14 Students
March 11, 2020 - 10:00
Culinaria Kitchen, SW 313, U of T Scarborough
There’s No Such Thing as a Free School Lunch?
Dr. Sinikka Elliott
March 6, 2020 - 14:00
U of T St George campus, Sociology Department, 725 Spadina Avenue, Room #240 (2nd floor)
Globalization from Below: Towards an Analytics of Fun and a New Kind of Collaborative Critique
Prof. Krishnendu Ray
February 25, 2020 - 16:00
U of T St George campus, Jackman Humanities Building, room JHB100
Master class 'Culinary art and science'
Christophe Lavelle
February 12, 2020 - 13:00
Culinaria Kitchen, SW 313, U of T Scarborough
Lenore Newman: Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food. The Toronto Book Launch!
Lenore Newman
December 4, 2019 - 18:00
Culinaria Kitchen, SW 312, U of T Scarborough
Shawarma Poutine: Arab Foodways in the Windsor/Detroit Borderlands
Dr. Robert Nelson, Department of History, University of Windsor
December 3, 2019 - 15:00
U of T St George campus, Jackman Humanities Building, room JHB318
FESTIVE FOODS AND CANADIAN FOODWAYS
Elizabeth Baird & Bridget Wranich
December 2, 2019 - 13:00
Culinaria Kitchen, SW 313, U of T Scarborough campus
Rethinking Urban Mega-Development, Crafting Alternatives in a Philippine Wholesale Market Trade
Lynne Milgram
November 29, 2019 - 14:00
U of T St George campus, Jackman Humanities Building, room JHB318
Mapping Toronto's Foodways
Joel Dickau, Jeffrey Pilcher, and William Sturm
November 12, 2019 - 15:00
U of T St George campus, Jackman Humanities Building, room JHB318
Bush Cakes and Buckwheat Pancakes: Interpreting Historic Cookbooks and Recipes
Elizabeth Driver and Fiona Lucas
November 11, 2019 - 13:00
Culinaria Kitchen, SW 313, U of T Scarborough
Toward a New History of Medieval Science: Cinnamon
Katharine Park
October 30, 2019 - 12:00
IHPST Common Room VC 303, Victoria College, U of T St George Campus
Imperial Coffee, Fascist Bananas: Food in Italian East Africa, 1935-1941.
Simone Cinotto
October 28, 2019 - 14:00
U of T St George campus, Jackman Humanities Building, room JHB318
The Tradition of Invention: Italian Food of the World
October 27, 2019 - 14:30
Terroni’s Sud Forno Temperance, 132 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M5C 1X3
“MY LIFE IS ON THOSE SHELVES…”: Ingesting Culinary Cultures in a Mediterranean Port City
Jean Duruz
October 25, 2019 - 15:00
U of T St George campus, Jackman Humanities building, JHB 318
STREET FOOD IN BANGKOK AND HANOI: CONFLICTS OVER THE USES OF THE URBAN SPACE
Gwenn Pulliat
October 21, 2019 - 10:00
Munk School, 208N, North House, 1 Devonshire Place
Beyond Pojangmacha: Edae Food Carts and the Future of Seoul’s Social Gastronomy
Robert Ji-Song Ku
October 9, 2019 - 15:00
U of T St George campus, Jackman Humanities building, JHB 318
Food for Thought: Some Reflections on Personal and Tamil Literary Engagement with Food and Life
C S Lakshmi
October 2, 2019 - 14:30
Room 2098, Sidney Smith Hall | 100 St George Street
Every Sandwich Tells a Story: an interactive argument for teaching with food
Dr. Megan Elias
October 2, 2019 - 12:00
Culinaria Kitchen, SW 312, U of T Scarborough
Sustainable Food Systems and Food Politics
September 26, 2019 - 15:30
Catalyst Centre, EV Building, U of T Scarborough
GROWING WHERE WE ARE: SHARING HISTORIES & FUTURES OF URBAN AGRICULTURE
June 18, 2019 - 09:30
Morning only: New College, U of T St George campus, 40 Willcocks St #1007 / Afternoon only: Campus Farm (corner of Conlins rd and Chartway blvd) and Culinaria Research Centre (SW 313), U of T Scarborough campus
Legitimacy and the arts of market making: Looking at fine wine cultural intermediaries in China
Professor Jennifer Smith Maguire, Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University
May 30, 2019 - 15:00
Department of Sociology, U of T St George Campus, 725 Spadina Ave, Room 240
Producing Space: The Everyday Politics and Governance of Urban Agriculture in Portland and Vancouver
Dr. Nathan McClintock
March 29, 2019 - 15:00
U of T St George Campus, 100 st George street, Sidney Smith Hall, Rm 5017
CANCELLED - "Craft, Cuisine, and Cutlery: A Workshop with Tosho Knife Arts and Chef Jackie Lin”
Tosho Knife Arts and Chef KJacklie Lin
March 29, 2019 - 12:00
Culinaria Kitchen, Rm SW313, U of T Scarborough
The Street Vendor’s Project
Mohammed Attia
March 26, 2019 - 10:00
Culinaria Kitchen, SW 313, U of T Scarborough Campus
Can Urban Food Growers be Ultra-local Suppliers for Restaurants?
March 22, 2019 - 14:00
Evergreen, Blakes Room, 550 Bayview Ave, Toronto, ON M4W 3X8
Discussion on Gender and Labour in the world of Chefs
Chef Flora Mikula
March 19, 2019 - 14:00
Culinaria Kitchen, Rm SW313, U of T Scarborough
Master class with Chef Flora Mikula
French Chef Flora Mikula
March 19, 2019 - 12:00
Culinaria Kitchen, SW 313, U of T Scarborough Campus
Edible History (HISB14H3) Pop-Up Restaurant!
HISB14 Students
March 13, 2019 - 10:00
Culinaria Kitchen, SW 313, U of T Scarborough Campus
Mini-Conference on Food and Labour
Dr. Maggie Gray and Dr. Sarah Fouts
March 12, 2019 - 14:00
U of T St George Campus, Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street, Rm 318 (3rd floor)
Cooking session with Dr. Maggie Gray
Dr. Maggie Gray
March 11, 2019 - 12:00
Culinaria Kitchen, SW 313, U of T Scarborough Campus
Cooking session with Chef Sue
Chef Sue of Applespice restaurant
February 20, 2019 - 16:00
Culinaria Kitchen, Rm SW313, U of T Scarborough
Talk: What’s Next for the Home Cooked Meal? Cooking and Everyday Life in the US
Dr. Amy Trubek
January 29, 2019 - 14:00
Jackman Humanities Building, room JHI 100 (main floor), 170 St. George Street
Talk: Episodic Cooking and Every Day life in the US
Dr. Amy Trubek
January 28, 2019 - 17:00
Gearge Brown College, Centre for Hospitality & Culinary Arts, 300 Adelaide St. E, Room 251, Toronto
Research talk: 'Where is politics in campus food? Tasting silence and difference.'
Nil Alt
December 14, 2018 - 15:00
Sidney Smith Hall, Rm 3041, 100 St George St, U of T St George campus
Research talk "Mitigating Risk in Rural Development: Local Food Networks in Jalisco, Mexico.”
Caroline Kamm
December 7, 2018 - 15:00
Sidney Smith Hall, Rm 3041, 100 St George St, U of T St George campus
Catering a Legacy
December 4, 2018 - 03:00
St. Lawrence Market 93 Front St E., Toronto, ON M5E 1C3 (Front Street Entrance)
Tasting the global city: How Scarborough became a mecca for multicultural food
Prof. Jeffrey Pilcher
November 22, 2018 - 12:00
AA160
Food Equity Speaker Series
Professor Julian Agyeman
November 2, 2018 - 15:00
40 Willcocks St, Wilson Lounge, Toronto, ON M5S1C7
Recipes From The Garden of Contentment
Sean Chen, Nicole Mones, and Carolyn Phillips
October 30, 2018 - 12:00
Culinaria Kitchen, SW 313, U of T Scarborough Campus
Kale Pesto and Pickled Green tomato workshop
October 26, 2018 - 11:30
11:30 a.m. @ UTSCRooftop garden + 12:30 a.m. @ Culinaria Kitchen, SW 313, U of T Scarborough Campus
Parents' Night cooking Mexican
Professor Meredith Abaraca and her mother, Liduvina Velez
October 25, 2018 - 17:00
Culinaria Kitchen, SW 313, U of T Scarborough Campus
Foodways & Fisticuffs: The Larger-Than-Life Personalities Who Shaped Quebec Cuisine
Julian Armstrong, Montreal Gazette & Nathalie Cooke, McGill University
May 23, 2018 - 18:30
140 St. George St. Bissell Building, Room 728 University of Toronto Toronto, ON M5S 3G6
An Evening with Chef Michael Twitty by City Shul and Jews of Colour - Canada
Micheal Twitty
April 15, 2018 - 18:00
300 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1W3
Passover And The Refugee And Immigrant Experience: A Seder For Everyone
March 27, 2018 - 18:30
Prosserman JCC 4588 Bathurst Street, North York, ON M2R 3V2
Writing About Food in Memory and Imagination
March 12, 2018 - 10:00
Natalie Zeeman Davis Room, SS2098, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3
Curry Pop-Up
March 6, 2018 - 10:00
Culinaria Kitchen Laboratory, SW313: 1265 Military Trail Scarborough ON M1C 1A4
Handmade: Food, Memory and Recipes from Sri Lanka
Nedra Rodrigo & Geetha Sukumaran
January 27, 2018 - 14:00
Toronto Public Library, Malvern Branch: 30 Sewells Road, Toronto Ontario M1B 3G5
A Toronto Tasting With The Times
Sam Sifton, Times food Editor
January 15, 2018 - 17:00
Isabel Bader Theatre, University of Toronto, Victoria College: 93 Charles Street Toronto ON
Tea-rroir?: Green Tea and the Taste of Place in Japan
Greg de St. Maurice, University of Toronto
December 10, 2017 - 14:00
Ho Centre for Buddhist Studies, University of Toronto. Jackman Humanities Building (JHB) Room 318
Nation, Regions, Culture, Cuisine: What is Chinese Food? THIS EVENT RUNS FROM 2:00PM - 4:00PM
Michelle King, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
November 10, 2017 - 14:00
East Asian Studies Lounge, Robarts Library, University of Toronto St. george Campus, 130 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 1A5
Recipes For Historians: Cooking With Culinaria: Recipes from China, Taiwan, India, Iraq, & North America
Michelle King, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
November 9, 2017 - 17:00
Culinaria Kitchen Lab, SW313 UTSC
Chinese Food Everywhere: a Two Day Symposium. "Markets and Making Chinese Space”
Morris Lum
October 27, 2017 - 14:30
Culinaria Research Lab, 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough: Room SW313
Chinese Food Everywhere: a Two Day Symposium. Lunch with Chef Nick Liu
Nick Liu
October 27, 2017 - 12:30
Culinaria Research Lab, 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough: Room SW313
Chinese Food Everywhere: a Two Day Symposium. Hands on Workshop with the Harley J. Spiller menu collection
October 27, 2017 - 10:30
UTSC Library, 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough: Maker Space
Chinese Food Everywhere: a Two Day Symposium. Gallery Talk: Far and Near: The Distance(s) Between Us
October 26, 2017 - 14:00
Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto: Barnicke Gallery
Chinese Food Everywhere: a Two Day Symposium
October 26, 2017 - 10:30
University College, 15 King's College Circle, Toronto: Room 255
Cha/i and Tea: Himalayan Histories of Nature, Commodity, & Intimacies
Jayeeta Sharma, University of Toronto
October 14, 2017 - 14:00
Ho Centre for Buddhist Studies, University of Toronto. Jackman Humanities Building (JHB) Room 318
More-than-Active Food Citizens: A Longitudinal and Comparative Study of Alternative and Conventional Eaters
Dr. Michael Carolan, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University
October 13, 2017 - 12:00
Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St George Street, Toronto: Room 1081
Book launch of Dr. Michael Carolan's "No One Eats Alone: Food as a Social Enterprise"
Dr. Michael Carolan, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University
October 12, 2017 - 19:00
41 Willcocks Street, Toronto: UofT Faculty Club Dining Room
Eating Contests in Early Modern Japanese Entertainment Media
Eric Rath, University of Kansas, Toyota Visiting Professor, University of Michigan
September 22, 2017 - 15:00
Jackman Humanities Building, JHB318 St. George Campus
The Magic of Japanese Rice Cakes
Eric Rath, University of Kansas, Toyota Visiting Professor, University of Michigan
September 21, 2017 - 14:00
Culinaria Kitchen Lab, SW313 UTSC
Edible Genealogies Workshop
Dan Bender, U of T, Joel Dickau, U of T, Hi’ilei Hobart, NYU, Jaclyn Rohel, NYU
December 2, 2016 - 10:00
School of Information, 140 St. George Street, Claude Bissell Building Room 538
April Merleaux, Sugar and Civilization: American Empire and the Cultural Politics of Sweetness
April Merleaux, Florida International University
November 17, 2016 - 15:00
EV151 Catalyst Centre UTSC
An Agricultural History of the Drug Wars
April Merleaux, Florida International University
November 17, 2016 - 12:00
SW313 UTSC
Imagining Terroir in Niagara and Chateauneuf du Pape
Sarah Cappeliez, University of Toronto
November 10, 2016 - 15:00
School of Information, 140 St. George Street, Claude Bissell Building Room 538
Meat: An Interdisciplinary Workshop
Josée Johnston, Shyon Baumann, Michaël Bruckert, Joel Dickau
October 24, 2016 - 12:00
Department of Sociology, 725 Spadina, Room 240
Sharon Zukin, "Food and the City"
Sharon Zukin, CUNY
October 7, 2016 - 15:00
Department of Sociology, 725 Spadina, Room 240
Bertie Mandelblatt, "Food and Contact Relations in the Early Colonial French Atlantic"
Bertie Mandelblatt, University of Toronto
September 30, 2016 - 14:00
Wilson Hall 2053 St. George Campus
Adrian DeLeon, "Taste Against Technocracy: Manila Street Foods and the Intellectual Activism of Doreen G. Fernandez, 1965-1988"
Adrian DeLeon, University of Toronto Department of History
September 15, 2016 - 15:00
HW525C UTSC
Jennifer Jordan, "Edible Memory: How Tomatoes Became Heirlooms and Aples Became Antiques"
Jennifer Jordan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
April 7, 2016 - 14:00
Sociology Department, 725 Spadina Ave., Room 240
Connaught Seminar: Cooking Lessons: Connecting with the Public Through Food History, Cooking, and Conversations
Paula Johnson, Smithsonian National Museum of American History
March 31, 2016 - 16:00
140 St. George St., Bissell Building, Room &28, St. George Campus
Connaught Seminar: Migrant Marketplaces
Elizabeth Zanoni; Simone Cinotto, Michael Innis-Jimenez, Glen Goodman
March 17, 2016 - 10:00
Sidney Smith Hall, Room 2098, UTSG
Film Screening: The Search for General Tso
Film Screening: The Search for General Tso
March 15, 2016 - 14:30
UTSC Library
Connaught Seminar: Small Enterprises and City Foods Workshop
Jennifer Berg, Clinical Associate Professor & Director, Graduate Food Studies Program, New York University Discussants include: Associate Professor Jo Sharma, Culinaria, & Jackly Rohel, NYU; Juneeja Varghese & Wynette Tavares, Malvern
February 26, 2016 - 12:30
UTSC, HW 525c
Connaught Seminar: Food Justice: Community Gardens and Markets with FoodShare
Utcha Sawyer, Food Justice and Community Food Animation Manager at FoodShare Toronto
February 22, 2016 - 11:30
Lunch: HW 525, UTSC Talk: HW215, UTSC
Connaught Seminar: Mapping Scarborough Foodways Workshop
Camille Bégin (Heritage Toronto) and Andre Sorenson, Geography, Univeristy of Toronto Scarborough
February 11, 2016 - 10:00
UTSC, HW 525c
Workshop: Mechanics and Poetics of Cookbooks
Please Bring a Recipe from Your Own Kitchen to Discuss!
January 29, 2016 - 13:00
ISchool Bissell Room 728
Amy Bentley: Baby Food and the American Industrial Diet
Amy Bentley, co-sponsored by New Frontiers Seminar Series
January 21, 2016 - 02:00
UTSC IC 318
Connaught Workshop: "Culinary Infrastructure"
Jeffrey Pilcher, Irina Mihalache, Sarah Tracy, Sebastián Gil-Riaño, Kyri Clafin
January 14, 2016 - 07:00
HW 525C, UTSC, http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/home/visiting-utsc
From Naartjies to Nando's: Migration and the Making of Johannesburg Foodways
Sarah Duff, University of Witwatersrand
November 23, 2015 - 12:00
HW 525C @ UTSC Campus
Are We Really What We Eat: Conversations and Reflections through Food Studies
November 19, 2015 - 11:00
Culinaria Kitchen RC 264 @UTSC Campus
Between Terroir and the Global Market: Traditional Products and Place-Based Labels
Fabio Parasecoli, The New School
November 12, 2015 - 12:00
Room HW525C @ UTSC
Ras El Hanout and Preserved Lemons: Memories, Markets, and the Scent of Borrowed Tradition
Jean Duruz
October 5, 2015 - 12:00
UTSC AA160