Alison Hope Alkon is Professor of Sociology at University of the Pacific, where she writes and teaches about the ways that food intersects with various social issues including race, health, and the environment. She is co-editor, most recently, of A Recipe for Gentrification: Food, Power, and Resistance in the City (NYU Press, 2020).
Donica Belisle is Associate Professor of History at the University of Regina, situated on Treaty 4 lands with a presence in Treaty 6. She is writing a book on the global history of Canadian sugar. Previous books include Purchasing Power: Women and the Rise of Canadian Consumer Culture (University of Toronto Press, 2020) and Retail Nation: Department Stores and the Making of Modern Canada (University of British Columbia Press, 2011).
Daniel E. Bender is Professor of History and Food Studies and Canada Research Chair (Tier I) at the University of Toronto. He is the director of the...