Author Guidelines

Food, Culture & Society Submissions

• Manuscripts will be subject to a blind peer review by members of the FCS Board of Editors and ad hoc reviewers.
• If accepted for publication in this journal, the author(s) must agree not to publish it elsewhere in the same form, in English or any other language, without the written consent of the editor.
• Copyright will be held by ASFS.
• We prefer that contributors send their paper electronically via email to the editor, Warren Belasco: belasco@umbc.edu. The e-mail itself will serve as the submission letter and should indicate that the paper has not been published elsewhere, in whole or in part, and that it has not been submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. 

Manuscript Preparation

• Authors are strongly encouraged to submit manuscripts in English.
• MS Word is the preferred software program.
• Each of the following sections should begin on a new page: title page, abstract (150 words or less), bio (150 words), text, acknowledgments, notes and references, illustration legends, each illustration, each table.
• Manuscripts should be double spaced, use Times New Roman 12-point font, with 1 inch margins, and be created on 8 ½ x 11" letter size pages.
• Pages should be numbered at the center bottom.

• Final revisions of accepted manuscripts should be submitted in Microsoft Word via email or disk to the FCS editor. The name of electronic files should be clearly labelled. 
  Short biographies (150 words) of all authors are required for accepted manuscripts and should include name, position, department, institution, plus ground mail and e-mail addresses.  FCS reserves the right to make minor stylistic changes that, in the opinion of the editor, do not change the meaning of the article or the views of the author. 
  

  More information about ASFS may be found at www.food-culture.org
  

References

References and notes must conform to a known citation style - usually Chicago (historical/literary) or APA (social science). For specifics, please consult Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (latest ed.) 

Figures

Illustrations submitted should be clean originals or digital files. Digital files are recommended for highest quality reproduction and should follow these guidelines: 
       - 600 dpi or higher 
       - sized to fit on a journal page 
     - submitted as separate files, not embedded in text files 

Criteria for Evaluation

Food, Culture & Society is a refereed journal. Manuscripts will be accepted only after review by both the editors and anonymous reviewers deemed competent to make professional judgments concerning the quality of the manuscript.

Copies
On publication, authors will be sent a PDF of the final version of their article for personal use only. Authors are also entitled to a complimentary copy of the issue they contributed to. Details on how to obtain it will be sent upon publication. Additional copies of the issue can be purchased at a discount rate from Berg.