{"product_id":"the-pierogi-problem-cosmopolitan-appetites-and-the-reinvention-of-polish-food-volume-86-paperback","title":"The Pierogi Problem: Cosmopolitan Appetites and the Reinvention of Polish Food Volume 86 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFabio Parasecoli\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAgata Bachórz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMateusz Halawa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe culinary landscape of Poland is significantly changing, reshaped by a new generation of food producers, chefs, and media personalities. \u003ci\u003eThe Pierogi Problem\u003c\/i\u003e examines people's networks, places, material culture, and media to explain how Polish tastemakers embrace context-specific strategies to localize discourses, practices, and values amid an increasingly globalized food culture. The decades following the end of Poland's socialist regime were marked by a rising interest in foreign cuisines and Western forms of consumption. Today, however, ingredients, cooking techniques, and dishes that were once considered ordinary or part of the country's uncomfortable past are being refashioned to reflect transformations in cultural hierarchies. \u003ci\u003eThe Pierogi Problem \u003c\/i\u003echronicles how and why local, traditional, and artisanal foods are reemerging for changing cosmopolitan appetites. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough multidisciplinary collaboration and autoethnographic reflection, the authors conceptualize the cultural ambitions, culinary identities, and political entanglements of Polish 'tastemakers' who (re)configure the historical and sensory qualities of local foods. A must-read for food scholars.--Cristina Grasseni, Professor of Anthropology, Leiden University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Much work looks at how 'traditional' foods become fashionable, but \u003ci\u003eThe Pierogi Problem\u003c\/i\u003e goes deeper, unraveling the aspirations and anxieties tied up in the work of curating new Polish cuisine to fit twenty-first-century global trends, tastes, and digital spaces.\"--Michaela DeSoucey, author of \u003ci\u003eContested Tastes: Foie Gras and the Politics of Food\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFabio Parasecoli \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies at New York University. He is author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eGastronativism: Food, Identity, Politics\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAgata Bachórz \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk, Poland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMateusz Halawa\u003c\/b\u003e is an anthropologist and sociologist working between academic practice and design strategy.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.8 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45521302159462,"sku":"9780520399068","price":63.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/xV-h3g8bBY9780520399068.webp?v=1776480635","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-pierogi-problem-cosmopolitan-appetites-and-the-reinvention-of-polish-food-volume-86-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}