Krishnendu Ray

Aug 27, 2024 | daily.jstor.org | H.M.A. Leow |Krishnendu Ray

The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. What’s in a restaurant name? How can a business appeal to locals? Immigrants setting up shop in a new city have to be savvy entrepreneurs to figure these problems out—in fact, almost like amateur anthropologists in the field, proposes sociologist Krishnendu Ray.

Jul 6, 2023 | theconversation.com | Daniel Merino |Nehal El-Hadi |Krishnendu Ray |Zeena Feldman |Gillian Gualtieri

The history of restaurants, food and, especially, fine dining, is deeply tied to the history of immigration to the U.S. and French cultural power in the early 20th century. Not surprisingly, the story that leads to Yelp and Anthony Bourdain is not without its share of racism that the modern food world and its tastemakers are still grappling with today.