This May session class in beautiful Montpellier France aims to explore Brillat-Savarin's notion of "Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you what you are." The course examines, through excursions, readings, and discussion, the relationship of food to culture in a place where food is a privileged cultural medium?one could say almost a national pastime. The seminar is not designed as a gastronomic tour but rather as an introduction to French culture in a particular space and through the foods that it produces; a study of the social contexts in which food is prepared and eaten; and a discussion of the cultural myths and realities embodied in food?in short, how food and Frenchness (francit?) are intertwined.
Gopher Grades is maintained by Social Coding with data from Summer 2017 to Summer 2026 provided by the University in response to a public records request