Rebecca Heald, a student on Birkbeck’s MSc Social and Political Theory, responds to a talk given by the cookbook writer and cultural anthropologist Claudia Roden.

Evie, who also blogs at Saffron Strands, reflects on a talk given by Claudia Roden based on her book The Food of Spain.

Dr Brigida Marovelli and Prof Anna Davies offer a preliminary reflection on collaborative participant observation.