Celebrity chefs might seem frivolous but they are part of the fabric of contemporary life in the
UK and elsewhere. Their high-profile media presence means they have a key role in …

The cooking show The Naked Chef (1999–2001) with Jamie Oliver has often been
highlighted as an example of the cooking show genre's potential for reformulating masculine …

Delicious Pixels: Food in Video Games introduces critical food studies to game scholarship,
showing the unique ways in which food is utilized in both video game gameplay and …

This article analyses the constructions and negotiations of masculine identity in New Nordic
Cuisine. It focuses on cookbooks by the leading figures, namely Claus Meyer and René …

The past years have seen an upsurge of burger and barbecue restaurants in a Copenhagen
gastronomic scene otherwise dominated by trends toward sustainability,'wholesome', local …

In this paper we investigate the connection between forms of sustainability and masculinity
through a study of everyday life in a Danish alternative slaughterhouse. In contrast to the …

This chapter discusses food mediatisation issues through considering the case of Keith
Floyd, English TV cookery presenter of the 1980s/1990s. Floyd, along with his producer …

This paper investigates how changing ideals of food and childhood have intersected in
children's printed cookbooks. It focuses on historical Danish cookbooks published between …

The portrayal of female–food relationships in Korean television dramas departs from the
traditional model of reserved, self-sacrificing women to make way for portrayals of ravenous …

A middle-class married white woman puts a chicken in the oven. A Mexican immigrant heats
up a microwave tofu burrito. A Vietnamese American and his Chinese American husband …