Our book ‘Authentic Recipes from Around the World’ is out
Our much-anticipated book, entitled ‘Authentic Recipes from Around the World’ (HAT Events, 2015), written by the investigators of the project (Emma-Jayne Abbots, Anna Charalambidou, Elaine Forde, Ana Martins, Hazel Thomas, Deborah Toner) and a number of collaborators and external partners has been published! This general audience book is the outcome of the AHRC project “Consuming […]
Authentic Recipes from Around the World
We have recently been checking the proofs of our recipe book, Authentic Recipes from Around the World, and are starting preparations for the book launch, which is happening on 23 October in Senate House, London. It is free and open to all, with complementary copies of the recipe book on offer, so please get in […]
Our Impact So Far
On Saturday, May 16th, we held a fascinating whole-day event at the National Library of Wales, where our collaborators shared their views and experiences on the different drink and food products we are investigating and discussed what factors and processes are involved into making them authentic. As expected, we had a great participation from Welsh craft […]
Consuming Authenticities Collaborators’ Workshop at the National Library of Wales
Finally getting to meet everyone during the Collaborators’Workshop today at the National Library Wales; after months of sharing emails and planning. A really constructive session on Welsh craft cider with local cider producers Nikki, Kevin and James Sweet from Ceredigion and Gethin ap Dafydd and Julie Dafydd- Jones from Pembrokeshire. And then learning about pulque an […]
We want to hear your view! Collaborators’ Workshop, 16 May 2015
This exciting, interactive whole-day event will give you the opportunity to share your views and experiences about authenticity and pulque / acarajé / flaounes / Welsh cider. It will also be an opportunity to visit the picturesque Aberstwyth and the internationally acclaimed National Library of Wales. When? Saturday, 16 May 2015 (10.00-16.00) Where? National Library […]
Introducing the Project
Consuming Authenticities is all about how history, as well as different categories of time and temporality, can be mobilised in making particular cultural products seem “authentic” – the “real” thing. The project grew out of a conversation about the workings of authenticity at a workshop designed to develop new projects that related to the AHRC’s […]
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