NYU’s Institute of Public Knowledge is hosting the launch of Practicing Food Studies, edited by Amy Bentley, Fabio Parasecoli, and Krishnendu Ray. I wrote the Foreword. We will all provide brief perspectives on our quarter century of teaching food studies. For information and registration, click here. For 30% off on the book, click here.
Published today! Unsavory Truth!
Now published: my new book about how food company sponsorship of nutrition research affects public health. For information about the book—blurbs, reviews, tweets, how to get—click here.
For my public speaking engagements about the book, click here.
If you are in New York, join the launch party at NYU today, 5:00 p.m., Bobst Library 3rd floor. RSVP here.
And here are some early reviews:
Oct 29 Jane Brody. Confused by nutrition research? New York Times.
Oct 28 Hailey Eber. How the food industry fooled us into eating junk. New York Post, 42-43.
Oct 23 Nestle M. Superfoods are a marketing ploy (excerpt). The Atlantic .
Oct 22 Àlex Pérez. Una verdad desagradable no vende. ElPiscolabis (Spain).
Oct 18 Nature Magazine (2018;562:334-335): Felicity Lawrence reviews Deborah Blum’s The Poison Squad and Unsavory Truth as “Poisoned Platefuls.”
Oct 2 Science Magazine. Cyan James, “A nutrition expert aims a critical eye at the research and marketing practices of food companies.”