Food and Culture 8th edition PDF

Nina Mukerjee Furstenau is a Fulbright Global Scholar with a research focus on heritage foods, food and identity and food history. She is retired from the Science and Agricultural Journalism program at the University of Missouri where she was director of food systems communication and where she received the Outstanding Writing Intensive Teaching Award for her courses in food and culture writing. Furstenau is the author of the award-wining book, BITING THROUGH THE SKIN: AN INDIAN KITCHEN IN AMERICA’S HEARTHLAND (MFK Fisher Book Award among other recognitions) about how food traditions pass through generations, across oceans and time; GREEN CHILI & OTHER IMPOSTERS, about food movements around the world especially under colonialism, and CHILIES CHHANA AND RASA, its counterpart in India; TASTY! MOZAMBIQUE, a low-literacy cookbook for small holder female farmers created to help reduce childhood stunting due to micronutrient deficiencies; and SAVOR MISSOURI: RIVER HILLS COUNTRY FOOD AND WINE, about the flavors of region and the people who create them. Furstenau is the director of the Food Program for Media for Change and leads food and culture international immersion travel. She began her journey in heritage foods and nutrition as a Peace Corps volunteer in North Africa and never looked back.

SeAnne Safaii-Waite, Ph.D., RDN, LD, is the author of MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY SIMULATIONS and THE ALZHEIMER�S PREVENTION FOOD GUIDE and is a contributing author to FOOD SCIENCE: AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH. Her research has focused on diabetes, aging, the diet of centenarians, and Alzheimer�s disease. Dr. Safaii-Waite is associate professor emerita at the University of Idaho where she taught Global Nutrition, Medical Nutrition Therapy, Clinical I & II, and Community Nutrition. She is the recipient of the June Yerrington Lifetime Achievement Award in Dietetics, Outstanding Dietitian of the Year, Young Dietitian of the Year, Idaho Business Woman of the Year Nominee, University of Idaho Outreach and Engagement Excellence Award, Faculty International Development Award and Outstanding Faculty recognition award for teaching. Dr. Safaii-Waite currently teaches Food & Cultures of the World at the University of Missouri, and continues to focus on centenarian stories. She hopes to reach her 100th birthday.

Kathryn P. Sucher recently retired from San Jose State University, where she taught medical nutrition therapy and was the dietetic internship director for 20 years. In addition to her research interest in nutrition therapy, she is also a recognized authority on how diet, health and disease are affected by culture/ethnicity and religion, and has published newsletters, numerous articles and textbooks on this subject. Dr. Sucher is co-author of FOOD AND CULTURE and NUTRITION THERAPY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of California and her Sc.D. in nutritional science from Boston University Medical Center.

Dr. Nahikian-Nelms is currently a professor of clinical health and rehabilitation sciences and the Director of Academic Affairs in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences-College of Medicine at The Ohio State University. She has practiced as a dietitian and public health nutritionist for over 35 years. She is the lead author for several textbooks and is the author of peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters for other texts. Her clinical expertise focuses on development and practice of evidence based nutrition therapy for both pediatric and adult populations as well as the development of alternative teaching environments for students within their clinical training. Dr. Nahikian-Nelms serves as one of the leads for Interprofessional Education (IPE) and has contributed to the design of multiple simulations and IPE experiences within the seven health science colleges at Ohio State University.Dr. Nahikian-Nelms has received the Ohio State University Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, the Governor�s Award for Outstanding Teaching for the State of Missouri, Outstanding Dietetic Educator in Missouri and Ohio, Outstanding Teacher in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, and received the PRIDE award from Southeast Missouri State University in recognition of her teaching.