Guide Overview
The Food Anthropology page lists key library resources to get students started with research. Email research@babson.edu to set up a consultation with a librarian. 
Best of the Web -- Food
- World Food Habits BibliographyOne of the best places to start for print resources. Widely referenced in the field. Has a deep collection in many food-related topics and interlibrary loan makes these books just a step away.
- Food TimelineEconomics, history, anthropology, production methods, cookbooks of the past, and more.
- Food MuseumOffers a visually rich site and in addition entertaining images has good information and links.
- Food and agriculture organization of the united states (FAO)Focused more on public health, food biotech, pesticides, hunger.
- Anthropology and FoodThis has a good summary on the subject plus multiple links.
- Anthropology of Food, Encyclopedia BritannicaExcellent overview with multiple links to other branches of anthropology which all convene in the study of food: gender, ethnicity, class. Written by Penny Van Esterik, co-author of "Food and Culture: A Reader".
E-Resources -- Food Anthropology
- Academic Search Premier - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new windowFind articles from scholarly publications, magazines, and trade journals in the liberal arts and business/management.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFind 500+ major academic research journals in the arts, humanities, business, and sciences.
- Academic OneFile This link opens in a new windowAccess thousands of articles in the liberal arts and sciences subjects.
Books -- Food Anthropology
Food: What you don't know about what you eat by ISBN: 9780262026529
Tasting food, tasting freedom : excursions into eating, culture, and the past by ISBN: 0807046299If you can only read a little start with the introduction, pp 1-16. This book explores the history and meaning of eating in America and is referenced by historians in the the field.
Food and Culture : a Reader by ISBN: 0415917107Highlights include selections called “The Appetite as Voice” pp 159-179; “Conflict and Deference” pp.180-199; and "Deciphering a Meal" pp. 36-54.
E-Resources -- Food Anthropology
- Ebook Central This link opens in a new windowExtensive ebook collection covering the arts, business, education, health & medicine, history & political science, literature & language, religion & philosophy, social science, science & technology.
