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With Dr. Timmie Topoleski, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Back in 1958, when the late Japanese food magnate Momofuku Ando developed his first package of ramen – a dried noodle requiring...

UMBC alumnus Father Leo Patalinghug ’92 finds the divine in cuisine and competition. His quest may yet make him one of America’s best-known Catholic priests. By B. Rose Huber Images courtesy...

UMBC American studies professor Warren Belasco has pioneered food studies’ explosive growth in the classroom and the larger culture. By Phoebe Connelly “You did not go into food as an academic...

Food is not only a means of individual sustenance. The act of sharing a meal helps to form and sustain communities as well. UMBC is no exception. Whether it’s a student and a professor discussing...

A Date with Darwin Forgive Sandra Herbert if she’s a bit exhausted as 2009 comes to a close. Herbert, a professor emerita of history, is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the work of...