Research guides: Food Studies Resources @ UTSC: Food Studies Resources @ UTSC

Journals & Magazines

Food & Foodways
Food, Culture & Society
Journal for the Study of Food & Society
1996-2003. Now Food, Culture & Society.
Global Food History
New journal published out of Culinaria
Food & History
Lucky Peach
2011-2017, no longer in print.
CuiZine: The Journal of Canadian Food Cultures
Anthropology of Food
Gastronomica

Reference Resources

The UTSC Library has a growing collection of Food Studies books.

Get background information on food topics with these print Reference Resources at the Reference Desk
Explore these electronic encyclopedias:

UTSC Cookbook Collection

The UTSC Library has a cookbook collection that you are welcome to use for research or personal purposes. The collection is located in the bottom-front shelves of the library Reading Room, and it contains current and historical cookbooks representing foods from a variety of places and cultures.

Explore the UTSC Library Cookbook Collection here.

Online Resources

Food Studies Online
Provides rich archival content, visual ephemera, monographs, and videos that explore how food shapes the world around us.

Examples of topics covered in the collection: Organic Farming/Small Farms, School lunch programs, Childhood nutrition, Marketing and advertising, Packaging, Food industry, Environmental impact of GMOs, US food programs during WWI/WWII, Food security, Famine, Vegetarianism, Labor practices, Food safety, Wine making, Obesity, Gender roles through history, Food habits around the world and more.
Food Stats
From Statistics Canada. Food Stats provides an intuitive way to access food-related information. Users can easily search for resources across various subjects, including health, economic accounts, food manufacturing and food production. Resources can be filtered by type. Users can also use keywords to find regional information by census metropolitan area, province or territory. Over time, Food Stats may include information from outside Statistics Canada as well.

UTSC Archival Collections

Brazilian Menu collection
Explore our small archival collection of menus from various regions of Brazil. Click on the grey box under the items list to see all 60+ items.
Harley J. Spiller collection
Explore this rich collection of over 10, 000 menus.

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Food Studies Resources @ UTSC

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