The Recipe as Knowledge: Gastronomica Explores the Fragility and Future of Culinary Transmission
In the autumn of 2025, Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies released its latest volume (25.3), centering on a profound, often overlooked question: When does a recipe fail, and what…
The Fragility of Resilience: How USDA Funding Cuts Are Reshaping America’s Food Landscape
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States witnessed a rare, bipartisan recognition: the centralized, industrialized food system that feeds the nation is profoundly fragile. When processing plants…
The Fragility of Intensity: Why the Rise of ‘Mega Dairies’ Signals a Crisis for UK Food Security
As governments worldwide double down on the mantra of "productivity at all costs," a critical question is being buried beneath the pursuit of high-yield metrics: are our intensive farming systems…
The Fragility of Plenty: Why the Middle East Conflict Exposes a Broken Global Food System
As geopolitical tremors from the Middle East conflict radiate across the globe, the world is waking up to an uncomfortable truth: our food security is built on a foundation of…










