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2022 School Of Culinary Arts And Food Technology Newsletter - Winter Edition, James Murphy Dec 2022

2022 School Of Culinary Arts And Food Technology Newsletter - Winter Edition, James Murphy

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The School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, TU Dublin, Winter Edition Newsletter captured the many events, research, awards, significant contributions and special civic and community activities which the students and staff members of the school have successfully completed up to the Winter period of 2022. The successful completion of these activities would not be possible without the active and on-going support of the 'INSPIRED' friends of Culinary Arts (school supporters) and our school's industry association supporters. If you would like to support our school and the next Generation of Food, Culinary and Horticulture students, contact us at e: scaft@tudublin.ie


School Of Culinary Arts & Food Technology - Autumn Newsletter 2021, James Murphy Oct 2021

School Of Culinary Arts & Food Technology - Autumn Newsletter 2021, James Murphy

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The School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, TU Dublin, Autumn Newsletter captured the many events, research, awards, significant contributions, special civic, community and sustainability activities which the students and staff members of the school have successfully completed up to the Autumn period of 2021. The successful completion of these activities would not be possible without the active and on-going support of the 'INSPIRED' friends of Culinary Arts (school supporters) and our school's industry association supporters. We thank you all, consider getting involved in our New Campus here at Central Quad, Grangegorman, Dublin 7). email: scaft@tudublin.ie for further details and …


The Cognitive Development Of Food Taste Perception In A Food Tourism Destination: A Gastrophysics Approach, Sangkyun (Sean) Kim, Eerang Park, Yi Fu, Fan Jiang Jan 2021

The Cognitive Development Of Food Taste Perception In A Food Tourism Destination: A Gastrophysics Approach, Sangkyun (Sean) Kim, Eerang Park, Yi Fu, Fan Jiang

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

This study aims to explore the nature and processes involved in the cognitive development of food tourist's taste perception and identify cognitive factors influencing their food taste experience in the context of a food tourism destination. Adopting a gastrophysics approach, this exploratory qualitative research analyses food taste perceptions of Chinese domestic tourists during their visit to the Hangzhou Cuisine Museum and its associated restaurants. The findings suggest that prior knowledge formation as a manifestation of cognitive signs relating to Hangzhou cuisine and interpretive cognitive information acquired at the museum exhibition, greatly affect the tourists' local food taste experiences: these comprise …


2019 School Of Culinary Arts & Food Technology - Spring Newsletter, James Peter Murphy Mar 2019

2019 School Of Culinary Arts & Food Technology - Spring Newsletter, James Peter Murphy

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The School of Culinary Arts & Food Technology - Spring Newsletter captured the many events, research, awards, significant contributions and special activities which the students and staff members of the school have successfully completed leading up to and during the Spring period of 2019.


School Of Culinary Arts & Food Technology - Winter Newsletter 2018, James Peter Murphy Dec 2018

School Of Culinary Arts & Food Technology - Winter Newsletter 2018, James Peter Murphy

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The School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, Winter Newsletter captured the many events, research, awards, significant contributions and special civic and community activities which the students and staff members of the school have successfully completed up to the Winter period of 2018. The successful completion of these activities would not be possible without the active and on-going support of the 'INSPIRED' friends of Culinary Arts (school sponsors) and our school's industry association supporters.


School Of Culinary Arts & Food Technology - Winter Newsletter 2017, James Peter Murphy Dec 2017

School Of Culinary Arts & Food Technology - Winter Newsletter 2017, James Peter Murphy

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The School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, Winter Newsletter captured the many events, research, awards, significant contributions and special civic and community activities which the students and staff members of the school have successfully completed leading up to the Winter period of 2017. The successful completion of these activities would not be possible without the active and on-going support of the 'INSPIRED' Friends of Culinary Arts (sponsors).


School Of Culinary Arts & Food Technology - Spring Newsletter 2017, James Peter Murphy Mar 2017

School Of Culinary Arts & Food Technology - Spring Newsletter 2017, James Peter Murphy

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The School of Culinary Arts & Food Technology - Spring Newsletter captured the many events, research, awards, significant contributions and special activities which the students and staff members of the school have successfully completed leading up to and including the Spring period of 2017.


Nutrition Label Formatting: Customer Perceptions And Behaviors, Anish Parikh, Carl Behnke Jan 2015

Nutrition Label Formatting: Customer Perceptions And Behaviors, Anish Parikh, Carl Behnke

Department of Hospitality and Tourism Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

In response to increasing U.S. obesity rates, legislators have begun mandating that chain restaurants make nutrition information available. While other studies have addressed various aspects of nutrition information labeling in restaurants, there has been little research into the efficacy of the various forms of delivery of restaurant nutrition information. The results of this study indicate that menu nutrition formatting has little impact on customer behavior. This study also found that when nutrition information was influential in the decision making process, consumers chose food items averaging 30% less calories. Consumers who did not change their food selection based on nutrition information …