SOCI 3015 - New York City Food and Culture

Arts & Sciences Department
This course explores New York City’s rich food heritage and the ways food shapes communities as a marker of social and cultural identity. Students will study how New York’s many immigrant cultures have profoundly influenced the city’s multi-faceted and vibrant food culture. They will also learn about the city’s food traders –from early street peddlers to food manufacturers and artisanal food producers –and its restaurant culture, elements that have sustained and continue to sustain the city’s thriving food scene.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100