Student-led research projects are key to deepening our understanding of the meaning, practice, and ongoing evolution of global cuisine. Scroll through some of their digital projects below.
Food & Migration
Comparative Oral Interviews of Two Tamil Speaking Immigrant Women
Gender and Technology in Family Food Culture
The Technologized Kitchen for the Transformative and Empowered Body
Goan Foodways: Walter & Adelaide
Two Goan lives with Food
Food and Migration History of Mauritius and Goa
Mauritius and Goa have a diverse history of Portuguese/Dutch influence; both are surrounded by coastal waters and phenomenally warm weather.
Mapping Halal
This website serves as a display for a research project conducted by students at the University of Toronto Scarborough as part the History of Culinary Ethnography course.
Polish Connections
This project researches the importance of Polish grocery stores to Polish immigrant communities. The focus is on a Polka European Deli, a Polish-owned and operated supermarket that has been in business for over 20 years.