Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft

Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft is a writer, editor, and independent scholar. His books include Ways of Eating: Exploring Food Through History and Culture (2023) and Meat Planet: Artificial Flesh and the Future of Food (2019).

Articles

On Melons and Melancholy
Ben Wurgaft demonstrates how Steven Shapin’s “Eating and Being” illuminates the intellectual and cultural dynamics of “dietetics”—the relationship between diet, health, and identity—like no prior work on the subject.
Benjamin Aldes WurgaftNov 20, 2024
“Good to Think With,” but Also Delicious: A Conversation Between Merry White and Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft
Merry White and Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft discuss their new book “Ways of Eating: Exploring Food Through History and Culture.”
Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft, Merry WhiteDec 7, 2023
Rockets and Voltaire: A Dialogue on Ada Palmer’s “Terra Ignota”
Rebecca Ariel Porte and Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft discuss Ada Palmer’s “Terra Ignota” series.
Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft, Rebecca Ariel PorteJul 16, 2022
- SF
The Involuted Palate, or the Savage Crinkle of Future Snacks
In a delightful essay, Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft suggests “involution” characterizes the food-tech nexus every bit as much as innovation.
Benjamin Aldes WurgaftAug 11, 2021
- Food & Drink
Dishing: On John Birdsall’s “The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard”
An engaging new biography of the pioneer of American cuisine.
Benjamin Aldes WurgaftOct 22, 2020
- Biography & Autobiography
- Food & Drink
Why Look at Flying Saucers?
On the trail of bigfoot hunters and UFO enthusiasts.
Benjamin Aldes WurgaftOct 7, 2020
- Cultural Studies
A Culture of Promises: On Liz Marshall’s “Meat the Future”
The new documentary “Meat the Future” presents the case for cultured meat in terms that are almost naïve.
Benjamin Aldes WurgaftAug 31, 2020
Bruise
Benjamin Aldes WurgaftJan 16, 2019

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