Charlotte Biltekoff, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of American Studies and Food Science and Technology at the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on the cultural politics of dietary health and the values and beliefs that shape American eating habits.
Biltekoff is the author of Eating Right in America: The Cultural Politics of Food and Health, a book that rethinks what dietary advice is and does, while challenging the conversation about food and heath. She contributes to discussions about the meaning of food, health, and American culture as an author, educator, consultant, and public figure.
Biltekoff is the author of Eating Right in America: The Cultural Politics of Food and Health, a book that rethinks what dietary advice is and does, while challenging the conversation about food and heath. She contributes to discussions about the meaning of food, health, and American culture as an author, educator, consultant, and public figure.
Eating Right in America:
The Cultural Politics of Food and Health (Duke UP, 2013)
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Watch Charlotte discuss the key ideas of Eating Right in America in the short documentary film "Imperfection Salad."
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Read about my participation in an NSF funded multi-campus study team about "booming connections between new technologies, agriculture, and food."
Listen to "Politica Del Mole," a podcast about the politics of eating right in California - past, present and future. I discuss "Food Studies at the Crossroads: Speaking Culture to Science & Industry" on March 6, 2017 as part of the Food Studies at Brown speaker series. Read a Q&A highlighting my keynote lecture on "What Makes Food Good?" for the 2016 UVM Food Systems Summit, June 14-15. |
Watch my keynote lecture, "What Makes Food Good?" from the 2016 UVM Food Systems Summit.
I looked at Real Food vs. Real Facts in Brussels at the "Trusting the Hand that Feeds You" conference. Read this three-part review of Eating Right in America in Allegra Lab's "Book Symposium." Emily Contois' Food Studies students designed their own dietary guidelines with inspiration from Eating Right in America. UC Davis highlighted my Design Thinking for Food course, co-taught with Lauren Shimek of IDEO. |
 Watch my presentation, "Things We Like: Culture's Impact on Preference," at the Specialty Coffee Association of America's 2015 Symposium.
I explore the food industry's "promise of transparency" for Food, Fatness and Fitness. I had a great conversation about food and health (and the cultural politics of kale) on Capital Public Radio's Insight with Beth Ruyak. Read my series of collaborative articles on critical nutrition studies in the fall 2014 issue of Gastronomica. |