The UC multi campus research groups Studies of Food and the Body and World History combined with the RMI to host a three day conference on food cultures in history last February/March.  The event brought together thirty distinguished scholars for an interdisciplinary discussion of the interrelationship between local cultures and global foodways and food studies and understanding the past.   The over 120 attendees enjoyed stimulating conversations, chefs tastings, and keynote talks from leading scholars in the field.  Jennifer Goldstein, a member of the Food and the Body MRG, graduate student from UCLA, and presenter at the conference, shares her thoughts on the event and its significance for her, below.