In The News

Podcast: Add Passion and Stir

• Johanna Mendelson Forman and Noobtsaa Philip Vang on Conflict Cuisine

2019 YEDI Conference

• Dr. Mendelson Forman presented “War and Peace at the Dinner”, see full video in “Appearances” section below.

The DCist

• An Introduction to Washington’s Conflict Cuisines January 27, 2015
• Conflict Cuisines: A History of Ethiopian Food In D.C.
  March 18, 2015
• Conflict Cuisines: Celebrating Cuban Cuisine in D.C.
  July 9, 2015
• Four Corners: Habesha Market and Carry-Out January 8, 2015
• Conflict Cuisines: Central American Cooking Is Thriving On 14th Street August 25, 2015
• Conflict Cuisines: Celebrating Cuban Cuisine in D.C. July 9, 2015
• Under The Tables: For A Different D.C. Experience, Take A Food Tour March 23, 2016
  

NPR:

• Gastrodiplomacy: Cooking Up A Tasty Lesson On War And Peace March 24, 2014

Stimson Center

• Should Food Security be a National Security Issue? April 22, 2015

The Hill

• A New Beginning in US-Cuba Relations Still Depends on Congress August 23, 2015
• In the Face of the Refugee Crisis, It’s Time for a National Conversation About Identity November 25, 2015

The Washington Post

• Why Everyone Should Stop Calling Immigrant Food ‘Ethnic’ July 21, 2015

Eater

• What Are Conflict Cafes and Can They Actually Change the World? September 23, 2015

National Geographic

• How Syria’s Famous Aleppo Pepper Might Be Saved April 5, 2016

American University

• From Conflict to Table: Conference Explores Food as Diplomacy

The Globalist

• Food and Foreign Policy: A Diplomatic Cuisine: What can food teach us about global conflicts and creative diplomacy? March 2, 2014
• Exporting Japanese Food Culture: Japanese cuisine has become a UNESCO world cultural heritage. What role can that play in reviving the economy? December 12, 2013

Mashable

• 7 Unconventional Food Classes that Scream College May 4, 2015

Lancaster Farming

• War Complicates Food Aid Delivery May 2, 2016

American Food Roots

• ‘Conflict cuisines’ are Basic to D.C.’s Restaurant Scene February 3, 2015

Public Diplomacy Magazine

• Conflict Cuisine: Teaching War Through Washington’s Ethnic Restaurant Scene March 21, 2014

Announcement – NYU event

• Culinary Diplomacy: Make Food, Not War

Audio: The Kojo Nnamdi Show

• Exploring Conflict, Community and Identity In Cuisine December 9, 2015

• Community Food: Tradition and Change at the Communal Table August 13, 2014
• Announcement: The Stimson Center December 1, 2015

FOOD TANK: “Seven Questions with Dr. Johanna Mendelson Forman, Creator of Conflict Cuisine”

• FoodTank April 13, 2016
• The Daily Meal April 13, 2016

Appearances:

• American Food 2.0 at Expo Milan 2015
• The Food Tank Summit at American University 2016: Imperial Valley News and Pr News Wire
• 2019 YEDI Conference presentation “War and Peace at the Dinner Table”