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From Kitchen to Classroom: The Serious Study of Food
by Jay A. Halfond
October 5, 2011
When Jacques Pépin accepted his honorary doctorate from Boston University this past May, he made note of this truly symbolic moment. While his proposed dissertation focus on food had once been rejected by Columbia University as academically unworthy, a leading university was now granting him a doctorate for his work as a celebrated author, chef and ...
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