ABSTRACT
The exploding interest in food over the last decade has had dynamic and far-reaching effects on the social sciences and yet its specific influence on leisure studies has been surprisingly limited. In spite of this anomaly, food movements, community gardens, ethnic restaurants, farmstays, wine tours, food festivals and taste trails all testify to the potent intersection of leisure and food. As long-time friends and collaborators, we have always worked towards the goal of bringing our respective fields (food studies and leisure studies) together. Co-editing a special issue on the topic seemed a logical next step. In the call for papers, we stated: “we are viewing the relationship between food and leisure broadly, and seek manuscripts related to all aspects of food as it pertains to the leisure and tourism fields.”
