sarah duignan
@anthrodish.bsky.social
food, health, & culture via anthropology
anthrodish podcast + newsletter by dr. sarah duignan | toronto & guelph
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anthrodish podcast + newsletter by dr. sarah duignan | toronto & guelph
www.anthrodish.com
sarahduignan.substack.com
i think it’s deeply irresponsible to be writing trend pieces on ingredients co-opted by Western eaters in ways that feel fluffy or “accessible." matcha, pistachio, quinoa are all culturally important foods being unsustainably sourced, and deserve a lens that looks at overconsumption & climate change
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
i think it’s deeply irresponsible to be writing trend pieces on ingredients co-opted by Western eaters in ways that feel fluffy or “accessible." matcha, pistachio, quinoa are all culturally important foods being unsustainably sourced, and deserve a lens that looks at overconsumption & climate change
This week, I’m speaking with Ozoz Sokoh, a culinary anthropologist and author of Chop Chop: Cooking the Food of Nigeria. We explore the stories of how ingredients came to be in Nigerian dishes and how Ozoz approaches exploring the histories cuisine across Nigeria.
www.anthrodish.com/episodes/ozo...
www.anthrodish.com/episodes/ozo...
160: Exploring Nigerian Culinary Histories through Recipes with Ozoz Sokoh — AnthroDish
In Nigeria, the word chop is used for food and feasting, and to say “come chop” is an invitation into sharing and community. This is precisely how Ozoz Sokoh’s debut cookbook, Chop Chop: Cooking ...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This week, I’m speaking with Ozoz Sokoh, a culinary anthropologist and author of Chop Chop: Cooking the Food of Nigeria. We explore the stories of how ingredients came to be in Nigerian dishes and how Ozoz approaches exploring the histories cuisine across Nigeria.
www.anthrodish.com/episodes/ozo...
www.anthrodish.com/episodes/ozo...
a pet peeve: podcast guest pitches that throw an unrelated topic at me for "my consideration." i point it out, and often get a follow up "well we can talk about food too" - but if you didn't approach this already thinking about that angle, i know this conversation won't be enjoyable or meaningful
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
a pet peeve: podcast guest pitches that throw an unrelated topic at me for "my consideration." i point it out, and often get a follow up "well we can talk about food too" - but if you didn't approach this already thinking about that angle, i know this conversation won't be enjoyable or meaningful
Interviewed Dr. Bryan Dale about his recent @foodstudies.ca journal article, interviewing farmers and alternative food organizations in Ontario and Québec. We discuss tensions between producers & consumers, the role of state interventions in food systems, & more!
www.anthrodish.com/episodes/bry...
www.anthrodish.com/episodes/bry...
159: What Could a Just Food System Really Look Like? with Dr. Bryan Dale — AnthroDish
My guest today, Dr. Bryan Dale , is here to explore these nuances. Bryan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environment, Agriculture, and Geography at Bishop’s University. His research in...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Interviewed Dr. Bryan Dale about his recent @foodstudies.ca journal article, interviewing farmers and alternative food organizations in Ontario and Québec. We discuss tensions between producers & consumers, the role of state interventions in food systems, & more!
www.anthrodish.com/episodes/bry...
www.anthrodish.com/episodes/bry...
wrote about something i never do: my kids! specifically how humbling it’s been introducing solid foods to my son in comparison to my daughter, thinking about the cultural and nutritional elements that make this phase of life fascinating to me #infantfoods
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on weaning my infants off formula
the cultural, the nutritional, the personal of first foods
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November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
wrote about something i never do: my kids! specifically how humbling it’s been introducing solid foods to my son in comparison to my daughter, thinking about the cultural and nutritional elements that make this phase of life fascinating to me #infantfoods
sarahduignan.substack.com/p/on-weaning...
sarahduignan.substack.com/p/on-weaning...
This week on the podcast I speak with baker @katlieu.bsky.social on her new cookbook, 108 Asian Cookies! We discuss challenging misrepresentation of Asian ingredients through a celebration of their culinary adaptations in cookies and more!
www.anthrodish.com/episodes/kat...
www.anthrodish.com/episodes/kat...
158: Honouring Asian Ingredients in Cookie Baking with Kat Lieu — AnthroDish
Cultural appropriation of food from other cultures and countries is by no means a new phenomenon, but how it sneaks in to bland Western recipes is increasing with ties to wellness culture in the last ...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This week on the podcast I speak with baker @katlieu.bsky.social on her new cookbook, 108 Asian Cookies! We discuss challenging misrepresentation of Asian ingredients through a celebration of their culinary adaptations in cookies and more!
www.anthrodish.com/episodes/kat...
www.anthrodish.com/episodes/kat...
new podcast episode out today with Palestinian food writer Lama Obeid on preserving Palestinian cuisine through genocide, and the ways Palestinian food gets appropriated into something vaguely Middle Eastern in Western discourse #foodpodcast #palestinianfood
www.anthrodish.com/episodes/lamaobeid
www.anthrodish.com/episodes/lamaobeid
157: Preserving Palestinian Cuisine During Genocide — AnthroDish
As this episode airs, it has been just over two years of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. Tens of thousands of Palestinian people have been killed, and entire cities have been reduced to rubble. And...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
new podcast episode out today with Palestinian food writer Lama Obeid on preserving Palestinian cuisine through genocide, and the ways Palestinian food gets appropriated into something vaguely Middle Eastern in Western discourse #foodpodcast #palestinianfood
www.anthrodish.com/episodes/lamaobeid
www.anthrodish.com/episodes/lamaobeid
in this week’s newsletter, i’m exploring some of the policy, sociocultural, and religious aspects that funnelled into wellness culture from the 1950s onward (and yes, wellness as an ideology goes further back than you’d think!)
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healthism + wellness = uncertain eating
connections between American healthism and today’s wellness are necessary for online discourse
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October 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
in this week’s newsletter, i’m exploring some of the policy, sociocultural, and religious aspects that funnelled into wellness culture from the 1950s onward (and yes, wellness as an ideology goes further back than you’d think!)
sarahduignan.substack.com/p/healthism-...
sarahduignan.substack.com/p/healthism-...
is this the guy we want to be giving food future talks in canada? the multi-millionaire responsible for food price fixing schemes, unaffordable groceries he blames on general inflation while suppressing profit numbers, and endless other issues? hmm?!
October 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
is this the guy we want to be giving food future talks in canada? the multi-millionaire responsible for food price fixing schemes, unaffordable groceries he blames on general inflation while suppressing profit numbers, and endless other issues? hmm?!
This week on the podcast, I speak with Iranian-American writer and cook Anna Ansari about her new cookbook/memoir, Silk Roads, the history of food and ideas travelling along the Silk Roads, and why the apple isn’t so quintessentially American as people think.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdAO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdAO...
Cooking through the Silk Roads with Anna Ansari
YouTube video by AnthroDish
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October 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This week on the podcast, I speak with Iranian-American writer and cook Anna Ansari about her new cookbook/memoir, Silk Roads, the history of food and ideas travelling along the Silk Roads, and why the apple isn’t so quintessentially American as people think.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdAO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdAO...
first interview of season 10! with Drs. Alex Ketchum and Megan Elias on their new co-edited book Queers at the Table. we talk about what it means to queer food (and restaurant/home cooking spaces)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxau...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxau...
Queers at the Table with Dr. Alex Ketchum and Dr. Megan Elias
YouTube video by AnthroDish
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October 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
first interview of season 10! with Drs. Alex Ketchum and Megan Elias on their new co-edited book Queers at the Table. we talk about what it means to queer food (and restaurant/home cooking spaces)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxau...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxau...
this week on the newsletter, a travel log of food in france, and some reflections on north american convenience & food values #foodwriting #foodanthro #parisfood
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france in food
a travel log of convenience, conviviality, and kouign-amann
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October 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
this week on the newsletter, a travel log of food in france, and some reflections on north american convenience & food values #foodwriting #foodanthro #parisfood
sarahduignan.substack.com/p/france-in-...
sarahduignan.substack.com/p/france-in-...
i don’t want to be in a timeline that’s excited about “clear and hydrating protein”
October 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
i don’t want to be in a timeline that’s excited about “clear and hydrating protein”
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join us on 29 september for a meet-and-greet with the FFF gang! come and tell us what you'd like to see from us? how would you like to participate? how can we support your work, too? ask us questions or just chat with us. register via link in the newsletter, and my paid subs go for free 💞
What does it mean to be a woman in food writing?
Join us Feminist Food Friends on 29 September for a conversation
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September 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
join us on 29 september for a meet-and-greet with the FFF gang! come and tell us what you'd like to see from us? how would you like to participate? how can we support your work, too? ask us questions or just chat with us. register via link in the newsletter, and my paid subs go for free 💞
tomorrow! registration still open!
very excited to speak at the Graduate Food Studies Association's Edible Dialogues series Sept 23! looking at the connections between food anxieties and health moralities, which feels all the more relevant these days. #foodstudies #foodanthro
link to register (free!): yorku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
link to register (free!): yorku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
tomorrow! registration still open!
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Happy birthday to our brilliant expert, Dr. Sarah Duignan, the amazing Medical Anthropologist! May your day be filled with fascinating insights, joyful connections, and celebrations that are truly good for the soul. Here's to a fantastic and healthy birthday! @anthrodish.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Happy birthday to our brilliant expert, Dr. Sarah Duignan, the amazing Medical Anthropologist! May your day be filled with fascinating insights, joyful connections, and celebrations that are truly good for the soul. Here's to a fantastic and healthy birthday! @anthrodish.bsky.social
i don’t talk about my post six concussion symptoms often anymore, but i so deeply wish there was more to be done for long term brain injuries, it can be so debilitating and infuriating some days
September 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
i don’t talk about my post six concussion symptoms often anymore, but i so deeply wish there was more to be done for long term brain injuries, it can be so debilitating and infuriating some days
i find it hilarious that we’re now here in wellness culture, where poop is used as undeniable metric of health. as someone who got weird looks when i did podcast interviews on farting and digestion 6 years ago
September 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
i find it hilarious that we’re now here in wellness culture, where poop is used as undeniable metric of health. as someone who got weird looks when i did podcast interviews on farting and digestion 6 years ago
people still out here mixing up free speech and hate speech huh
September 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
people still out here mixing up free speech and hate speech huh
this week on the newsletter, a field log of a disappearing canadian chocolate. on factory labour, snack historians, bloggers who track old candy labels down, and dubious statements from international corporations!
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a farewell to neilson jersey milk chocolate bar
fieldnotes on canadian chocolate discontinuations
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September 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this week on the newsletter, a field log of a disappearing canadian chocolate. on factory labour, snack historians, bloggers who track old candy labels down, and dubious statements from international corporations!
sarahduignan.substack.com/p/a-farewell...
sarahduignan.substack.com/p/a-farewell...
funny how it’s exclusively white peoole doing the devils advocate whataboutisms around charlie kirk. really telling on yourself, he profited off of his racism and sexism and anti-trans agendas.
September 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
funny how it’s exclusively white peoole doing the devils advocate whataboutisms around charlie kirk. really telling on yourself, he profited off of his racism and sexism and anti-trans agendas.
very excited to speak at the Graduate Food Studies Association's Edible Dialogues series Sept 23! looking at the connections between food anxieties and health moralities, which feels all the more relevant these days. #foodstudies #foodanthro
link to register (free!): yorku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
link to register (free!): yorku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
very excited to speak at the Graduate Food Studies Association's Edible Dialogues series Sept 23! looking at the connections between food anxieties and health moralities, which feels all the more relevant these days. #foodstudies #foodanthro
link to register (free!): yorku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
link to register (free!): yorku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Interesting, as always, read by @anthrodish.bsky.social on masculinity in so-called “ancestral eating” practices. I feel like trophy hunting culture taps into this dynamic, as well.
back to the newsletter after watching the liver king’s untold special on netflix, and exploring what it means to pursue “ancestral eating” practices in relation to 21st century masculinity extremes and performances. #foodwriting #ancestraldiet
sarahduignan.substack.com/p/of-cabbage...
sarahduignan.substack.com/p/of-cabbage...
of cabbages and liver kings
chasing ancestral diets only deepens the performance of masculinity in crisis
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August 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Interesting, as always, read by @anthrodish.bsky.social on masculinity in so-called “ancestral eating” practices. I feel like trophy hunting culture taps into this dynamic, as well.
back to the newsletter after watching the liver king’s untold special on netflix, and exploring what it means to pursue “ancestral eating” practices in relation to 21st century masculinity extremes and performances. #foodwriting #ancestraldiet
sarahduignan.substack.com/p/of-cabbage...
sarahduignan.substack.com/p/of-cabbage...
of cabbages and liver kings
chasing ancestral diets only deepens the performance of masculinity in crisis
sarahduignan.substack.com
August 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
back to the newsletter after watching the liver king’s untold special on netflix, and exploring what it means to pursue “ancestral eating” practices in relation to 21st century masculinity extremes and performances. #foodwriting #ancestraldiet
sarahduignan.substack.com/p/of-cabbage...
sarahduignan.substack.com/p/of-cabbage...
Officially opening up pitches for guesting on season 10 of AnthroDish Podcast, the show about food, culture, and identity 💛 Please see the photos below for specifics on how to pitch yourself as a guest! I am not able to take all pitches, but please reach out and share widely! #foodpodcast
August 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Officially opening up pitches for guesting on season 10 of AnthroDish Podcast, the show about food, culture, and identity 💛 Please see the photos below for specifics on how to pitch yourself as a guest! I am not able to take all pitches, but please reach out and share widely! #foodpodcast