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…
A Quarter-Century of Consuming Culture: Gastronomica Marks 25 Years of Culinary Inquiry
Introduction: The Cornucopia of Intellectual Appetite For twenty-five years, Gastronomica has served as the preeminent intellectual table where the study of food intersects with the complexities of human history, culture,…
Beyond the Petri Dish: Rethinking Our Microbial Future in Gastronomica 26.1
In the mid-20th century, the pharmaceutical giant Parke, Davis and Company commissioned a series of paintings titled Great Moments in Medicine. Among them, a 1952 portrait by Robert Thom depicts…
A Quarter-Century of Culinary Inquiry: Gastronomica Marks 25 Years of Intellectual Feasting
In the landscape of academic publishing, few journals have managed to carve out a space as simultaneously rigorous and whimsical as Gastronomica. As the journal releases its Winter 2025 issue…










