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Philosophy Of Food
Microbes
Cultivated Meat
Sensory Engineering
Gastronomy
Migrant Food Mobilities In Japan
Microbiome
Spotted Lanternfly
Spotted Lanternfly Honey
French Cuisine
Food Systems
Fermentation
Public Health
Aquaponics
Czech Republic
Protein
Artificial Intelligence
Philosophy
Catalan Cuisine

The Gastronomica podcast is where the academic field of food studies meets a public appetite for gastronomy and the culinary arts. Tune in to hear interviews with authors whose articles or books have recently been featured in the journal (published by University of California Press since 2001), as we showcase diverse voices in the food world, tackle complex questions about cooking, cuisine, culina... more

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Rosi Song of Gastronomica’s Editorial Collective hosts authors Eve Z. Bratman and Anna Purchase in a discussion of their newly published research article on lanternfly honey. Eve and Anna bring a social science perspective to their study of the spott... more

In this episode, Melissa Fuster and Rosi Song of Gastronomica’s Editorial Collective introduce the journal’s latest issue, Fall 2026 (volume 26, issue 3), now available online. Melissa talks with Rosi about what goes into putting a Gastronomica issue... more

One year after the publication of Gastronomica’s special feature on food and philosophy, Robert T. Valgenti of the Editorial Collective revisits the question of what a philosophical perspective could bring to addressing food-related issues. In this e... more

What role do microbes play in aquaponic farming and cultivated meat production, and how might such novel food technologies impact microbiomes? In this episode, Ishita Dey of Gastronomica hosts Lukáš Senft, Tereza Stöckelová, and Varvara Borisova in a... more

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Recent Guests

Eve Z. Bratman
Associate professor of Environmental Studies at Franklin and Marshall College, researching beekeeping and environmental politics
Franklin and Marshall College
Episode: A Mellified Redemption? Learning to Live with a Pest Through Spotted Lanternfly Honey
Anna Purchase
Environmental management graduate student and co-author of research on spotted lanternfly honey
National University of Singapore
Episode: A Mellified Redemption? Learning to Live with a Pest Through Spotted Lanternfly Honey
Rosi Song
Issue Editor of Fall 2026, Volume 26.3
Gastronomica Editorial Collective
Episode: The Next Issue: Fall 2026 (26.3)
Sascha Benjamin Fink
Director of Research at the Centre for Philosophy and AI Research
Centre for Philosophy and AI Research
Episode: Gastronomy as Sensory Engineering
Lukáš Senft
Author of The Microbiopolitics of Novel Foods (co-author on the article)
Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences / Charles University
Episode: The Microbiopolitics of Novel Foods
Tereza Stöckelová
Author of The Pro and Antibiotic Implications of Cultivated Meat (co-author on the article)
Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences / Charles University
Episode: The Microbiopolitics of Novel Foods
Varvara Borisova
Author of Aquaponics Farming (co-author on the article)
Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences / Charles University
Episode: The Microbiopolitics of Novel Foods
Sarah Elton
Assistant professor and health researcher; Gastronomica contributor
Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Gastronomica
Episode: Making Microbes Explicit
Maya Hey
Interdisciplinary researcher focusing on microbes and food systems
KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Gastronomica
Episode: Making Microbes Explicit

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Melissa Fuster
Host of Gastronomica podcast; part of the Gastronomica Editorial Collective

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    appreciate this opportunity to get to listen to the latest food scholarship

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A Mellified Redemption? Learning to Live with a Pest Through Spotted Lanternfly Honey
Q: Can you tell us a little bit more, Eve, about your experience as a beekeeper?
Bratman explains that beekeepers work closely with orchardists and farmers on pollination, pesticides and hive health. Their experience with pests and pesticide use complicates how they respond to the lanternfly, while the honeydew honey offers a chance to rethink relationships between species and ecological restoration.
A Mellified Redemption? Learning to Live with a Pest Through Spotted Lanternfly Honey
Q: Could you give us a bit of a background about this campaign and how this spotted lanternfly actually enters into the conversation in the environment around Pennsylvania and other places in the northeast coast of the US?
The spotted lanternfly arrived in Pennsylvania around 2014 on a shipment of river rocks from China, then spread through transportation networks. Public campaigns warned people about its agricultural impacts and urged them to kill it, while later messaging addressed harmful control methods that also killed beneficial insects.
Gastronomy as Sensory Engineering
Q: Where does gastronomy fit in your framework, and how does it ground these theoretical concerns in practice?
Gastronomy is used as the most familiar and grounded case of sensory engineering, because it involves cooking, setting the dining environment, and orchestrating mood and atmosphere. This allows us to explore how what we eat and how we eat shapes perception, while also considering cultural practices, authenticity, and the role of front-of-house and back-of-house dynamics in crafting experiences.
Gastronomy as Sensory Engineering
Q: Could you explain a little bit how sensory engineering might open up classical questions in the philosophy of perception or experience?
By showing how sensations can be manipulated, sensory engineering foregrounds epistemic questions about when our senses provide reliable knowledge of the world, using food and dining settings as concrete examples to illustrate how perception can be guided, misled, or augmented. It connects age-old philosophical puzzles to everyday experiences, making abstract issues more approachable.
Gastronomy as Sensory Engineering
Q: So maybe you could help our audience out a little bit and just maybe define for us what you mean exactly by sensory engineering and what that field entails.
Sensory engineering broadly involves technologies, practices, and molecules that influence our sensations with intentional aims, including both veridical enhancements and illusory or hallucinatory elements, across domains like AR/VR, experiences at the dining table, and beyond. It spans tools that shape perception as well as how environments and contexts modify our sensory experience.

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What is Gastronomica about and what kind of topics does it cover?

A scholarly, research-forward show that blends food studies with gastronomy and culinary practice. Discussions typically center on contemporary food systems, ethics, epistemology, and the cultural politics of food, often anchored by recent journal features or essays and illuminated by guest scholars, philosophers, and practitioners. The tone is ambitious and academic but made accessible through clear examples, case studies, and narrative storytelling about memory, identity, and place in foodways. A notable strength is the sustained interdisciplinary approach—bridging philosophy, anthropology, public health, and culinary history—often framed by editorial perspectives from a global community of scholars. This mix makes it an appealing listen ... more

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2. Anna Purchase
3. Rosi Song
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