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FSST 358: Writing Italian Food (Summer)

Tuesday, January 29th, 2019

  • Discipline(s):Food & Sustainability Studies
  • Course Travel:Day trip to Terre Maragritelli winery
  • Requirements:None
  • Credit(s):3
  • Course Fees:65 €
  • Available:Summer
  • Course Type(s):Standard Courses
Professor:Teresa Cutler-Broyles - PhD

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Course Syllabus

This is most recent syllabus. Your final syllabus will be given during your first day of class

Notes:

  • This course was formerly CWFS 350.
  • This course is cross-listed with ENG 358.

Course Description
This exciting class combines the history and customs of food, olive oil, and wine in Perugia and the surrounding region, with food writing and travel. We start by exploring the history of Italian food and wine, but with a specific focus on Perugia and the wider Umbrian area. Each week is a different concentration/combination of historical moment and type of food, such as the history of pizza, the origin of the aperitivo, the arrival in Italy of coffee, tomatoes, chocolate, and more. In conjunction with this historical approach, the class includes visits to restaurants, vineyards, cheese-makers, and olive groves in and near Perugia. You will keep a food blog, and will have the opportunity to do a book review for a local magazine.

Course Objectives
The purpose of this class is to introduce you to the intricate and surprising history of regional foods in Italy as you learn the importance of food as a mode of identity-formation in Perugia, Italy, and, by extrapolation, your own families. Our focus on writing and the analysis of others’ written word will teach you how to become not just great food writers, but informed and discerning writers in general.

Course Material
Available electronically; links will be provided in course syllabus

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