Overview

At the intersection of performance studies and food studies, this pioneering collection explores food as more than just a subject of study—it’s a medium of artistic expression, communication, and embodied knowledge. Drawing from a decade of collaborative work through the American Society for Theatre Research working group (2014–2023), this volume brings together diverse voices examining how food shapes and reflects our understanding of identity, culture, and sustainability in an increasingly complex world. The collection stands out for its innovative approach to ""thinking with food,"" moving beyond traditional academic analysis to engage with food as an active participant in performance and meaning‑making. Contributors explore how food practices inform our relationships with place, community, and environment, while addressing urgent questions about global foodways and survival. Through a combination of scholarly research and artistic exploration, these essays reveal how food serves as both a lens for understanding contemporary challenges and a tool for imagining new possibilities in performance, sustainability, and cultural exchange. This interdisciplinary work offers vital insights for scholars, artists, and practitioners interested in the intersection of performance, food studies, cultural theory, and environmental sustainability, providing fresh perspectives on how food‑based knowledge and practice can inform our response to global challenges.

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Author:   Kristin Hunt
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032885933

ISBN 10:   1032885939
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   31 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Contributors Shopping List Chapter 1: Introduction Kristin Hunt Mise en place Chapter 2: Four Gastro-biographies, Four Recipes and a Lonesome Banquet: Instructions for Cooking and Ingesting Two Philosophers and Two Political Leaders On Your Own Athena Stourna, with gastro-biographical recipes by Hara Yiannakopoulou Setting the Table Chapter 3: Culinary Canopies and the Sanitized Street Laurie Beth Clark and Michael Peterson Chapter 4: “Edifying Punch and Brandy”: Performing Food and Digesting Identity in Early Modern English Encounters Eunwoo Yoo Amuse Bouche Chapter 5: Piles of Rice Robert Farid Karimi Service Chapter 6: Eating and Feeding Made Strange: Three Event Scores for the ICU Gabrielle Sinclair Compton Chapter 7: Communion of a Bowl of Seaweed Soup with Familiar Strangers: from Mukbang to Live Performance in the Miyeokguk Project Jisun Myung Sorbet Chapter 8: Performing the drinkable: manifesting a wine’s terroir in performance Krysta Dennis and Roanna Mitchell Degustation Chapter 9: Feeding/Eating the Other: A journey through Entrails Thalia Hoffman Chapter 10: Culinary Creativity: Personal Taste, Deconstruction, and Food Design Paul Geary Entremets Chapter 11: Becoming with Wheat, and Other, More-Than-Human, Others Amanda Couch Digestion Chapter 12: A Taste for Snow Eggs: Edible Reenactment with the Black Pot Supper Club Elizabeth McQueen Chapter 13: From Food Parcel Recipes to #Foodbankhauls: Performing Digital Culinary Activism in an Age of Food Crisis Jenny Lawson Chapter 14: The Kelp Cure: More-Than-Human Dramaturgy with Seaweeds Sarah Blissett Mignardises Chapter 15: Delectable Viewing: Baking, Spectatorship, and Digital Theatre Kelley Holley Index

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Kristin Hunt is Associate Professor and Assistant Director of Theatre in Arizona State University’s School of Music, Dance and Theatre. She is the author of Alimentary Performances: Mimesis, Theatricality, and Cuisine (Routledge, 2018) and Gut Knowledges: Culinary Performance and Activism in the Post-Truth Era (Routledge, 2023).

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