Will Wayne Buckingham
Montanari’s chapter on wine is fascinating in the way that it details the changing significance, social associations and symbolism of wine. Wine is central to both the establishment of…
Feasting Course Blog
Student reflections from Stanford University’s Community Feasting Project.
Didi Park
Last Friday’s class was the most enjoyable thus far in terms of the cooking process. The lack of detail in the recipe for the mustard sauce forced my team to experiment with the proportions…
Emma Grover Finch
An interest in early music was one of my main motivations for taking this class, so last week’s guest performers had me very excited. I loved listening to them sing (and even joining in a…
Robert Forke
Last session was an exciting step within the dramaturgy of the seminar as we went deeper into questions of how art production and performance was intertwined with the performative act of…
Riya Verma
I found the cooking the sauce this week very exciting as it was a puzzle to figure out the proportions of ingredients and method of cooking. When looking at the Taillevant’s French text for…
Natty Jumreornvong
Wow!! Live performance, medieval food and fancy wine. What more can a poor hungry college student asks for? Seriously though, the live performance really captivated me. I’ve always been a…
Netta Wang
Last Friday was an interesting cooking day. I decided to help with the sops, and as I imagine was also the case for the other sauce team, the flavors were not naturally pleasant. It was an…
Kirstin Haag
This Friday, I was on the Sops Team in the kitchen. In an attempt to cook more efficiently, we divided to conquer…and in less than half an hour, we were nearly finished. Just a quick…
Sabrina Noor Greenway
I found last Friday’s class to be utterly remarkable as the combination of music and eating was so pleasurable. This week’s recipes were quite exotic I must say and the improvisation was…
Peicun Jiang
Listening to the professional singers perform early music was quite an extraordinary experience for me. Up till this class, the only type of early music I have heard is instrumental works,…
Thomas Froger Silva
This week’s class was one of the most immersive classes we have had! I loved the combination of music, eating with the hands and the improvised recipe for the sauce. I was in the group that…