The Idea of Real Food with Professor Charlotte Biltekoff

How are processed and natural contested categories - rather than objective definitions- of food? These questions are at the center of Professor Charlotte Biltekoff’s new book, Real Food, Real Facts: Processed Food and the Politics of Knowledge. Joined by a special guest, Dan Polsby of Best Friends Wine, to introduce our tasting and complicate “real” wine, we discuss food science, industry, and the Food Inc. documentaries.

Tasting: Sfera Bianco, 250mL can 

Viewing: Trailers for Food Inc. (2006) and Food Inc. 2 (2024) 

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Host: Elizabeth McQueen
Producer: Stace Baran
Theme by Ronan Delisle
Audio Support from Jenevieve Bohmann

This podcast is supported by the UC Davis Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar, Thinking Food at the Intersections. Season 3 is supported by Professor Daniela Gutiérrez-Flores.