The general aims of the International Commission on the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (ICAF) are to promote and coordinate collaboration and research in biological and social anthropology in regard to the sciences of food and nutrition, fostering in particular a pluridisciplinary approach.

ICAF is a commission of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES)

Honorary Members:

Mary Douglas - Igor de Garine - Annie Hubert

further information will be available soon

What's new (octobre 2011):

New members in Sweden!

Food and Love, 34th international ICAF conference to be held in Daroca (Zaragoza), Spain from May 8th-11th 2012

.pdf format (spanish and english) <--Information circular

Birds as food: Cross-cultural and health perspectives, 35th international ICAF conference to be held in Sopron, Hungary from July 13th-15th 2012

.doc format (english) <--Information circular

The 2010 report to I.U.A.E.S. about recent activities of ICAF by Helen Macbeth, Frederic Duhart and Xavier Medina

.doc format (english)

An overview of all ICAF activities since 2007, compiled by Frederic Duhart

.doc format (english word)

Changed all E-Mail addresses to a robot-unfriendly format. please exchange %a-t% with @ to write an E-Mail!

Traditional Christmas Foods across Europe, an on-line recipe book