Cafes offer up this unique third space - not home, nor work - for people to be private in a public space. Merry White, professor of Anthropology at Boston University, studies just this: cafes and cafe culture, but in Japan. Her book, Coffee Life in Japan, “part ethnography, part memoir”, traces Japan’s cafe’s society over the past century and a half.
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Jun 2022
Gastromica's New Feed On HRN
If you’ve been keeping up with Meant To Be Eaten, you know that our last few seasons were produced in collaboration with Gastronomica, the Journal for Food Studies.Gastronomica now has its very own feed on the Heritage Radio Network where they are continuing this work! So, if you ... Show More
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Apr 2022
SMNTY Classics: Bro-rista Coffee Culture
Since it first began its westward expansion in the 16th century, coffee has been a distinctively male drink. Even today, while plenty of women work behind the coffee counter, many wonder whether a bro-rista culture continues to dominate the rapidly expanding specialty coffee indu ... Show More
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Dec 2021
Pourquoi le café de Colombie est-il si célèbre ?
<p>Pour commencer, quelques chiffres: avec une production de plus de 833.000 tonnes et des exportations d'une valeur de près de 356 millions de dollars en 2020, la Colombie est le troisième plus grand producteur de café au monde. Mais plus important, ce café colombien est peut-êt ... Show More
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Mar 2020
Starbucks vs Dunkin - A Steamy Culture Clash | 1
<p>A former high school dropout named Bill Rosenberg has big dreams and a passion for coffee. In 1950, in the small town of Quincy, Massachusetts he’s got a thriving coffee and donut shop called Dunkin Donuts. In front of the store he proudly puts up a huge sign that reads, <em>W ... Show More
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