A Boston University alumna of the Gastronomy Program discussed the ways masculinity and femininity are shaped by the food industry in an event Friday about her book "Diners, Dudes & Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture.”

I’d like to take a moment to thank my one true love, the Usher to my Alicia Keys, the only entity that has never let me down, a hand to my heart for the glorious and ever so perfect coffee. If you have...