Because food is everything. Our collection of titles in food studies analyzes the resources and practices that have sustained human societies since their inception. When we eat, we consume not only food on the plate but also the lives and labors of innumerable plants, animals, and people, and the process distributes its costs unevenly across race, class, gender, and other social categories. Our publication program gives home to works in the humanities and social sciences that seek to describe these impacts by using food as a critical lens to examine broader cultural, environmental, and ethical issues.
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Food and Foodways is a series from the University of Arkansas Press that explores historical and contemporary topics in global food studies. We are committed to representing a diverse set of voices that tell lesser known food stories and to provoking new avenues of interdisciplinary research. Our strengths are works in the humanities and social sciences that use food as a critical lens to examine broader cultural, environmental, and ethical issues. In addition to scholarly books, we publish creative nonfiction that explores these topics with a focus on food’s sensory dimensions.
Conceived during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown and the accompanying rise in anti-Asian bigotry, Word of Mouth: Asian American Artists Sharing Recipes is an artists’ cookbook featuring stories and artwork from twenty-three Asian American and Asian diaspora artists from...
Eat Like the Hogs: A Collection of Favorite Recipes from Razorback Greats is available for pre-order. “Eat Like the Hogs," writes Food Network host and former Razorback Eddie Jackson, "is a one-of-a-kind cookbook that brings Razorback pride to the table with nearly...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce that Word of Mouth: Asian American Artists Sharing Recipes, edited by Laura Kina and Jave Yoshimoto, is now available. Conceived during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown and the accompanying rise in anti-Asian...
Laura Kina and Jave Yoshimoto, visual artists and editors of the hybrid cookbook Word of Mouth, spoke with Ozarks at Large's Daniel Caruth about the new collection, which started as a virtual exhibition to combat anti-Asian rhetoric during the pandemic. Listen here....
Native Foods: Agriculture, Indigeneity, and Settler Colonialism in American History by Michael D. Wise has been reviewed in the Journal of Southern History. “Wise provides an enticing taste of the emerging field of Indigenous food history. The most satisfying portions...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Word of Mouth: Asian American Artists Sharing Recipes, edited by Laura Kina and Jave Yoshimoto. Conceived during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown and in response to the rise in anti-Asian...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Chefs, Restaurants, and Culinary Sustainability, edited by Carole Counihan and Susanne Højlund. The centrality of food to the human experience always places it at the crux of global...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce that Pedaling Resistance: Sympathy, Subversion, and Vegan Cycling, edited by Carol J. Adams and Michael D. Wise, is now available. Vegans and cyclists are often outsiders, negotiating food systems and built...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Pedaling Resistance: Sympathy, Subversion, and Vegan Cycling, edited by Carol J. Adams and Michael D. Wise. Vegans and cyclists are often outsiders, negotiating food systems and...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce that Native Foods: Agriculture, Indigeneity, and Settler Colonialism in American History by Michael D. Wise is now available. In Native Foods: Agriculture, Indigeneity, and Settler Colonialism in American...
