The very existence of this particular “field note” for this website speaks to this phenomenon. No doubt this interest has been fueled by the manifold and multi-scalar social and ecological crises in food production, distribution, and consumption that have plagued recent history. I would contend that it also owes to widespread popular fascination with all things food-related and, let’s face it, the hope that the research/study itself will somehow incorporate the pleasure of eating, even if only virtually. From my own research and teaching, I can attest that many of the forms of activism around food that have proliferated recently (school gardens, food education programs, urban farms) are undergirded by activists seeking pleasure in gardening, cooking, and eating and wanting to pass those pleasures on to others.