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All in Food and Pop Culture
What does it mean when those who preach a return to a ‘natural’ diet also sell supplements for those in a pinch? And how do the ideas behind the ‘Whopper Virgins’ relate to those on finds on Infowars?
In 2008, Burger King set out to beat its competitors with a controversial ad campaign: What do the “Whopper Virgins” say about today’s viral foodscape?
Dialling into the internet back in 1997, no one had any clue how the world wide web would not only change the way we live, but also the way we eat.
Not all food fights are wasteful. Sometimes, history can take a turn — by way of an egg, a pie, a milkshake.
In food, as in life, sweet little lies have far-reaching consequences
Whether it’s peanut butter, regular butter, fish or candy — the way to anyone’s heart is through food. These artists knew that too.
What to do when one has been burdened with bad taste? And what even is that?
There are many ways in which status influences the food we eat and these five stories show five of them
Some odds and ends from the modern world of eating
Some puzzle pieces of this great big work of human imagination we call food.
Remembrance of food gone, some forever, not for better.
Would you rather eat only cabbage soup or have a glass of wine with your breakfast egg? That’s what the world of fad diets has to offer — and much more, just very little of it.
A story of sensuality, human imagination, ancient wisdom, moral, fetish and food porn.
Nigella speaking on topics ranging from pornography to haute couture.
Re-watching Nigella Lawson’s 1999 television debut brings to light all the ways in which she changed the way we think about food, both in cooking and eating.
Tips and tricks by the original guru of lifestyle choices, Joan Crawford.
A close look into the ways your diet might be influenced by your favourite stars.
Examining the meaning of trend foods through the lense of Robert Altman’s 1977 notoriously strange cult classic 3 Women.
