Françoise Sabban and François Sigaut, directors of studies on comparative analysis of techniques and forms of food consumption. In the absence of Françoise Sabban, who is a long-term resident in Japan, the seminar was held this year at a slow pace: one session out of two. Slowing down, to say the least, by the proliferation of research everywhere, itself in relation to the number and importance of the changes brought about by current events. A one-off problem c...