I spent the last 4-5 months working on my final thesis for the University of Gastronomic Sciences. I chose to look at meat consumption, the growth of which is exacerbating agricultural sustainability… more →
Henry HoffmanGrassroots Gourmet wrote 2 weeks ago: As my head spins in a whirlwind of unpacked clothes and pharmaceuticals I came across this entry on … more →
Grassroots Gourmet wrote 2 weeks ago: Well after enduring a nailbiting month of waiting and negotiating with the bitter Italians that work … more →
Grassroots Gourmet wrote 3 weeks ago: Why Slow Food? This non-profit organization has made it a top priority to combat the ways of fast-fo … more →
thejoempoem wrote 4 weeks ago: Today is the the 28th of October, 2009. Yesterday, on the 27th, I had my awakening coincidence that … more →
Grassroots Gourmet wrote 1 month ago: Bancarella di Salumi, Parma The countdown to my November 12th departure continues. In fact, in exact … more →
Grassroots Gourmet wrote 1 month ago: Since being accepted to the Italian Gastronomy and Tourism program at the University of Gastronomic … more →
Henry Hoffman wrote 9 months ago: I spent the last 4-5 months working on my final thesis for the University of Gastronomic Sciences. … more →
Henry Hoffman wrote 1 year ago: Scan of menu from Alexis Soyer’s book “The Gastronomic Regenerator” found at books.google.co.uk As p … more →
Henry Hoffman wrote 1 year ago: Last week Solomon Katz came to the university to talk to us about the current problems with food pri … more →
Henry Hoffman wrote 1 year ago: Last week I had my last thematic field trip with the university, studying the fishing industry in Pu … more →
Henry Hoffman wrote 1 year ago: This morning we also had a visit from Dr Vincenzo di Marzo of the Biomolecular Chemistry Institute, … more →
Henry Hoffman wrote 1 year ago: This morning we had a presentation by Antonio Busalacchi founding director of the Earth System Scien … more →
Henry Hoffman wrote 1 year ago: We just got back from a two week trip to India, mainly looking at the work of Vandana Shiva’s … more →
Henry Hoffman wrote 1 year ago: We just got back from a hard trip studying beer! The travelling was a bit hard, visiting Alto Adige … more →
Henry Hoffman wrote 1 year ago: The photos I took while travelling with the university’s river Po voyage have resulted in the … more →
Henry Hoffman wrote 2 years ago: This is a piece I wrote as a university report about rice production after our field trip on rice in … more →
Henry Hoffman wrote 2 years ago: This is a piece I wrote as a university report on our field trip in Sicily in February 2007… I … more →
Henry Hoffman wrote 3 years ago: This is a university report I wrote on our field trip in Northern Portugal… Arrival On the 4th … more →
Henry Hoffman wrote 3 years ago: This is from a university report I wrote after field trips covering these two cheeses… Introdu … more →