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Gastronomy Course Spotlight: Understanding Food (Theory and Methodology)
Understanding Food: Theory and Methodology is intended to be the introductory course to the Gastronomy program. The purpose of the course is to introduce Gastronomy students to the landmark works that...
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Course Spotlight: Effective Writing in Public Communication
Although the BU Gastronomy program offers a multitude of courses, the class that caught my eye for the first summer session this year was actually at Tufts University, in the Urban and Environmental...
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Sustainable Aquaculture Interview with Fishmonger and Gastronomy Student Noel...
This week I met up with fishmonger and fellow Gastronomy student Noel Bielaczyc at his place of work, New Deal Fish Market (622 Cambridge St). Noel gave me the inside scoop on sustainable aquaculture,...
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Gastronomy Course Spotlight: Lab in the Culinary Arts
The summer culinary arts lab is an abbreviated version (5:30-9:30pm, 2 nights a week, for 6 weeks) of the semester-long culinary certificate program. While the summer culinary lab doesn’t cover as...
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Gastronomy Course Spotlight: Food Activism
This class sold me on the name alone. However, many friends and acquaintances I encountered throughout the semester didn’t have the slightest idea what food activism was or what I was studying. For...
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Gastronomy Course Spotlight: Food and the Senses
Food and the Senses is one of the 4 required core classes for the Gastronomy program, and is the best one that I’ve taken yet. Classes always had a small sensory experiment, which included everything...
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Field trip to a food photography studio
For students that clamor over the latest issues of Edible Boston and weigh their dinner choices on “how it will look on the blog”, a field trip to a food photography studio is pretty much a dream come...
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Gastronomy Course Spotlight: Food Writing for the Media
Being able to take a writing course with the food editor of the Boston Globe is surely one of the biggest draws of the Gastronomy program. Obviously, I wasn’t going to leave Boston University without...
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Gastronomy Course Spotlight: Food History
Food History is one of the four required core classes for the Gastronomy program. It has traditionally been taught as an online or blended course, but this semester, the class was held in a...
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What is a degree in Gastronomy?
Last month, I graduated with a Masters in Gastronomy from Boston University. This revelation is often followed by blank stares and questions about my future in intestinal medicine or the study of...
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