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…
From Ancient Rome to the Modern Table: Unraveling the Epic History of Macaroni and Cheese
By Editorial Staff On Saturday, April 25, 2026, the Culinary Historians will host a landmark virtual event that promises to redefine how we perceive one of the world’s most ubiquitous…
Architecture, Memory, and the Table: An Evening with John Ota
Date: May 13, 2026 Event: Culinary Historians Virtual Lecture Series Featured Speaker: John Ota, Author of The Dining Room I. Main Facts: A Journey Through Iconic Spaces On Wednesday, May…
Reviving Ancestral Roots: Chef Elena Terry to Headline Culinary Historians Virtual Symposium
CHICAGO – On Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at 7:00 PM Central Time, the Culinary Historians will host a landmark virtual presentation featuring Chef Elena Terry, a visionary in the movement…
A Week of Heritage and Innovation: How the Global Wine Industry is Shaping its Future
From the hallowed cellars of Champagne to the cutting-edge galleries of Bilbao, the global wine industry spent this past week balancing the weight of historical legacy with the excitement of…
The Architecture of Conscience: How Radical Nonviolence Shaped the American Moral Landscape
By Jeff MacGregor | Smithsonian Magazine The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955–56 is often memorialized as a singular flashpoint—a spontaneous explosion of collective frustration that ended with the desegregation of…
The Cosmic Architect: Why Steven Spielberg Remains Tethered to the Stars
By Jake New | June 11, 2026 April 17, 1966. Before dawn. Two Ohio deputies, exhausted from a long night of patrol in Portage County, stumbled upon an abandoned vehicle…
The Evolution of Health: Revisiting the 1920s Nutritional Revolution
As we embark on a new year, the modern obsession with "clean eating" and wellness influencers often feels like a strictly contemporary phenomenon. However, a deep dive into the culinary…
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…















