For, though any one who pleaseth may eat at home, no one doth it from inclination, it being absurd to prepare a bad dinner at home, when a much more plentiful one is ready for him so near his residence.

“utopia”, thomas More

This database is an archive that was created throuh the UFoH: Utopia, Food and Health in Science Fiction and Utopian Literature project. It aims to catalogue and systematise references to foodways found in the literature. These references are fundamental to the advancement of Food Studies and Utopian Studies. The database unites over 100 entries and combines studies of utopian and dystopian literary works, in which foodways play a meaningful role. Currently, the project continues, with a new research being done at the CETAPS digital lab.

To understand the metadata and the system of categories for the UFoH archive (Utopia, Food, and Health in Science Fiction and Utopian Literature), you can visit our page of descriptions for the keywords.

Access our database here and its wide range of references by clicking on the indicated search fields. You can make your search by utopian topic, author, book, keyword and/or date of publication.