Introduction: where popular culture meets food studies / Kathleen LeBesco and Peter Naccarato -- Gender and food television : a transnational perspective on the gendered identities of televised celebrity chefs / Jonatan Leer -- Food and cinema : an evolving relationship / Laura Lindenfeld and Fabio Parasecoli -- Global food, global media, global culture : representations of the new Indian cuisine in Indian media / Rohit Chopra -- Tasting the digital : new food media / Isabelle de Solier -- Cooking, eating, uploading : digital food cultures / Deborah Lupton -- A history of food in popular culture over the life span / Amy Bentley and Shayne Leslie Figueroa -- Cooking at home : the cultural construction of American "home cooking" in popular discourse / Jessamyn Neuhaus -- Trends in food retail : the supermarket and beyond / Shelley Koch -- Haute, fast, and historic : restaurants and the rise of popular culture / David Beriss -- No longer tied to the local : street food's technological revolution / Bryan W. Moe and Kendall R. Shurance -- Food, design, and innovation : from professional specialization to citizen involvement / Fabio Parasecoli -- Food and urban design : urban agriculture as second nature? / Katrin Bohn and André Viljoen -- Procrustean boxes : architecture and slaughter / Paulette Singley -- Food and art : changing perspectives on food as a creative medium / Yael Raviv -- A cultural history of restaurants in art museums : collaborative creativities / Irina D. Mihalache -- Performing with(in) food / David Szanto -- From food advertising to digital engagements : future challenges for public health / Rebecca Wells and Martin Caraher -- Scourge or savior? : the complex relationship between food and science / Rachel A. Ankeny and Heather J. Bray -- Nutrition, health and food : "what should I eat?" / Jessica Mudry -- A kind diet : cultivating consumer politics, status, and femininity through ethical eating / Josée Johnston, Kate Cairns and Merin Oleschuk -- Food and cultural heritage : preserving, reinventing and exposing food cultures / Elisa Ascione -- A smiling face is half the meal* : setting a place for culture in food advocacy (*Latvian proverb) / Wayne Roberts and Lori Stahlbrand -- What is (not) food? : the construction of food waste as a social problem / Leda Cooks.