Here’s how we cooked while writing this editorial letter for Gastronomica

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 Culinaria Research Center and a co-chair of Gastronomica’s Editorial Collective. He is the author or editor of multiple books and articles. His current book projects include Food Mobilities: The Making of World Cuisines (co-edited with Simone Cinotto) and The Food Adventurers: How Around-the-World Travel Changed the Way We Eat.

Signe Rousseau teaches critical literacy at the University of Cape Town, where her doctoral research focused on celebrity chefs. She is the author of Food Media: Celebrity Chefs and the Politics of Everyday Interference (Bloomsbury, 2012) and Food and Social Media: You Are What You Tweet (AltaMira Press, 2012), and a number of research and reference works on the intersections between food and media. She is a co-chair of Gastronomica’s Editorial Collective.