Professor, American Studies and Food Science & Technology
Darrel Corti Endowed Professor in Food, Wine and Culture
University of California, Davis


New Book:
Real Food, Real Facts: Processed Food and the Politics of knowledge

Listen, read, or watch to get to know me:
The Reality of Ultra-Processed Food Pt 2, Spoon Radio Network Food Truths Podcast 
Food Fights, Brown Alumni Magazine
How Mistrust and Misinformation Fuel the Processed Food Debate, Good Food with Evan Kleiman (KCRW)
The Idea of Real Food, Esculent Podcast 
Food Facts are not the Answer to Food Fears, Eat This Podcast 
What is Processed Food? It Depends Who You Ask, UC Davis Letters and Science Magazine
Weekend Reading: Real Food, Real Facts, Marion Nestle's Food Politics Blog
Q&A with Charlotte Biltekoff, University of California Press
Endowed Professor in Food, Wine and Culture, UC Davis Letters and Science Magazine
Understanding is Not Enough: Power, Patents, and Big Questions on Red to Green Sustainable Food Tech Podcast
Member spotlight by the Association for the Study of Food and Society
Imperfection Salad, a short documentary film illustrating the key ideas in Eating Right in America
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Come see me in person:
Jan 16, 2025 Omnivore Books in conversation with Elizabeth McQueen (San Francisco)
Feb 2, 2025 California Groundbreakers Enlightenment Salon in conversation with Vanessa Richardson (Sacramento)
Feb 4, 2025 UC Davis Covered in conversation with Julie Guthman (Davis)
Feb 18, 2025 UC Press Foundation 
Feb 20, 2025 UCLA Rothman Family Institute For Food Studies and Institute for Society and Genetics (LA)
March 3, 2025 Arizona State University SFIS Speaker Series
July 14, 2025 IFT First: How Can Companies Earn Trust By Combating Misinformation
June 18-21 Association for the Study of Food and Society, New Directions in Food Studies
September 3, 2025 Onstage Conversation with Pati Jinich, KVIE PBS Crest Theater Sacramento
Sept 9-10, 2025 Food For All: Media, Communication and Democracy, keynote (Lille, France)
Sept 15, 2025 American University Paris
October 22, 2025 Food Thinkers, City University of London Centre for Food Policy
February 19, 2026 Sweet Thursday Author Series, Lafayette CA Public Library 
(more events coming soon)