*Theme of the week: FOOD & ACADEMIA*

Food historian, author, and Professor of Food Studies at New York University, Dr. Amy Bentley joins us and takes us on a historic culinary journey from World War 2 food culture, to baby food culture, to modern day New York City food life.

Dr. Bentley's books include:

• Inventing Baby Food: Taste, Health, and the Industrialization of the American Diet


• Eating for Victory: Food Rationing and the Politics of Domesticity


• A Cultural History of Food in the Modern Era (editor)


• Food for Thought: Nourishment, Culture, Meaning (co-editor)

She is also involved in a wide range of food-related academic projects.

Listen in to find her journey with food and what she will have 4 dinner!