This volume offers a comprehensive guide to methods used in the sociocultural, linguistic and historical research of food use. This volume is unique in offering food-related research methods from multiple academic disciplines, and includes methods that bridge disciplines to provide a thorough review of best practices.

Table of Contents

• Introduction to the Three-Volume Set Research Methods for Anthropological Studies of Food and Nutrition - Janet Chrzan
• Introduction to Food Culture: Anthropology, Linguistics, and Food Studies - Janet Chrzan
• Research Ethics in Food Studies - Sharon Devine and John Brett
• Section IV. Socio-Cultural Approaches
• Chapter 1. The Anthropology of Food and Food Anthropology: A Sociocultural Perspective - Geraldine Moreno-Black
• Chapter 2. Interviewing Epistemologies: From Life History to Kitchen Table Ethnography - Ramona Lee Pérez
• Chapter 3. Studying Body Image and Food Consumption Practices - Nicole Taylor and Mimi Nichter
• Chapter 4. Visual Anthropology Methods - Helen Vallianatos
• Chapter 5. On the Lookout: The Use of Direct Observation in Nutritional Anthropology - Barbara A. Piperata and Darna L. Dufour
• Chapter 6. Participant-Observation and Interviewing Techniques - Heather Paxson
• Chapter 7. Focus Groups in Qualitative or Mixed-Methods Research - Ramona L. Pérez
• Chapter 8. Studying Food and Culture: Ethnographic Methods in the Classroom
• Appendix 1: Food Ethnography Course Syllabus
• Appendix 2: Food Ethnographies - Carole Counihan
• Section V. Linguistics and Food Talk
• Chapter 9. Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology Food Research Methods - Jillian R. Cavanaugh and Kathleen C. Riley
• Chapter 10. Food Talk: Studying Foodways and Language in Use Together - Jillian R. Cavanaugh and Kathleen C. Riley
• Chapter 11. An Introduction to Cultural Domain Analysis in Food Research: Free Lists and Pile Sorts - Ariela Zycherman
• Chapter 12. Food and Text(ual) Analysis - Kathleen C. Riley
• Chapter 13. Analysis of Historic Primary Sources - Ken Albala
• Section VI. Food Studies
• Chapter 14. Introduction to Food Studies Methods - Amy B. Trubek
• Chapter 15. Meaning-Centered Research in Food Studies - Lucy M. Long
• Chapter 16. Food and Place - William Woys Weaver
• Chapter 17. Sensory Ethnography: Methods and Research Design for Food Studies Research - Rachel E. Black
• Chapter 18. Methods for Examining Food Value Chains in Conventional and Alternative Trade - Catherine M. Tucker
• Chapter 19. The Single Food Approach: A Research Strategy in Nutritional Anthropology - Andrea S. Wiley and Janet Chrzan