So I heard this term on Alton Brown's "Good Eats" today.
He had an expert on his program - someone called a "Nutritional Anthropologist" talking about the history of onions as food.
As usual, the show was full of kitchen science - which is why I love it so much. And the whole concept of someone who studies why we eat what we eat, and why people ate what they ate down through history is massively fascinating to me.
If I'd heard of this field of study when I was 19 or 20, I feel certain I would have pursued it in college - at least have given it a try.
Here's an article from the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition to learn more:
http://www.cellinteractive.com/ucla/center_overview/nut_anthro.html
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