Food and the Internet

Violetta Krawczyk-Wasilewska is Professor of Ethnology at the University of Łódź (Poland). She is the author of numerous articles and books on the theory of folklore, cultural ecology and digital culture and has also developed e-folklore research at an international scholarly level.Patricia Lysaght is em. Professor of European Ethnology at the University College in Dublin (Ireland). She is President of the Working Group on Food Research at SIEF (International Society for Ethnology and Folklore) and contributing editor of many of the group’s international conference publications.

• Contents: Patricia Lysaght: SIEF International Ethnological Food Research Group: Genesis, Aims and Progress – Violetta KrawczykWasilewska: A Global Food Tale in the Age of the Internet – Silke Bartsch/Christine Brombach/Gertrud Winkler: The Role of Internet Recipes in Cooking – Aristea Baschali/AntoniaLeda Matalas: The Comeback of Homemade Foods and the Role of the Web. The Case of Non-Alcoholic Fermented Beverages – Maja Godina Golija: When Old Meets New. The Demonstration of Traditional Slovene Dishes and Locally Produced Food on the Internet – Aleksandra Krupa-Ławrynowicz: Mushrooms: Polish Traditions and Modern Practices. Online Examples – Déirdre D’Auria/Patricia Lysaght: The Online Promotion of Irish Food as a Tourist Attraction – Manon Boulianne and Claudia Laviolette: Virtual Food Representations. An Analysis of «Local Food» Discourse in Quebec – Naoto Minami: Communication of Food Information by Means of the Internet in Contemporary Japan – Fionnuala Carson Williams: The Use of Proverbs in the Promotion of Food on the Internet – Ewa Kopczyńska: Novelty with a Traditional Twist: Food Co-Operatives as Short Food Chains in the Global Network – Anna Mlekodaj: A Local Food Product and the Ethno-Future: The Online Case of Polish Mountaineers’ Regional Cheese «Oscypek» – Una A. Robertson: Slow Food: Scotland – Ivanche Dimitrievski/Philippos Papadopoulos/Rodica Arpasanu: Should the Mediterranean Diet be Viewed as a Fully-Fledged Public Discourse, or as Part of a Wider Food and Wellness Narrative? An Internet-Based Study – Yrsa Lindqvist: Seasonal Food in a Virtual Basket - A Campaign for Environmental Sustainability – Astra Spalvēna: Picture Me Perfect: The Aesthetics of Food in Online Photographs – Rafał Pilarek: «Cabane à Sucre» on the Internet – Rogéria Campos de Almeida Dutra: When Men go to the Kitchen: Food and Gender in Brazilian Websites – Laura Solanilla/F. Xavier Medina: Gastronomy and Social Networks: Heritage and Food Blogging in Catalonia – Magdalena Tomaszewska-Bolałek: Homo Gourmand and Homo Cooking: Two Main Culinary Tribes of the Internet Era – Anikó Báti: Cooking Know-How: Virtual and Personal Transmission of Skills. A Hungarian Example – Katarzyna OrszulakDudkowska: Food Blogs in Relation to Culinary Tradition. A Polish Example – Klaudyna Hebda: Food - Blogging - Identity: Free Expression or Lifetime Project? – Zofia Rzeźnicka: Ancient and Byzantine Food and the Internet – Johanna Maria van Winter: A Database of Medieval Plant Names.