Sabine Planka, Dr. phil., works as an academic librarian at the Martin-Opitz-Library (Herne, Germany) in the field of public relations and event/project management, and as a visiting lecturer at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld, Germany) in the field of children’s literature. Her research particularly focuses on children’s literature, cookbook literature and literary food studies. She is also interested in aspects of space and gender theory as well as film studies. Latest publications include, for example, Cultural Perspectives on Sweets in Children’s Literature and Media (2025, edited by Sabine Planka and Corina Löwe); “What and How Will We Eat in Future? Food Culture, Food System, and Food Memory in Cli-fi Novels for Young Adults” (2024, together with Corina Löwe), and “Meet to Eat. The Restaurant as Narrative Setting in Terry Gilliam’s Brazil (1985) and The Fisher King (1991)” in A Critical Companion to Terry Gilliam (2023) edited Sabine Planka, Philip van der Merwe, and Ian Bekker.

• MottosIntroduction Chapter 1 (Mis-)Communication and (Mis-)Behaviour in Private and Public Places: Kitchens and Restaurants as Places of Conflict and CareChapter 2 When Food becomes Torture: Eating Disorders in Private Kitchens and (Semi-)Public Dining-RoomsChapter 3 Eating and Food Supply under Extreme Conditions: Food (Supply) and Surveillance in Prison-Like PlacesChapter 4 Where Outsiders and Cool Kids Meet: The School Cafeteria as a Food Place between Conflicts and SolidarityChapter 5 Places of the Ephemeral and the Enduring: Candy Factories, Sweetshops and the Production, Creation and Incorporation of Culture, Identity, and MemoryChapter 6 Metropolises, Villages, No-man’s-lands: Food Places and Food Experiences in Urban and Rural SettingsConclusionBibliographyIndex

Sabine Planka, Dr. phil., works as an academic librarian at the Martin-Opitz-Library (Herne, Germany) in the field of public relations and event/project management, and as a visiting lecturer at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld, Germany) in the field of children’s literature. Her research particularly focuses on children’s literature, cookbook literature and literary food studies. She is also interested in aspects of space and gender theory as well as film studies. Latest publications include, for example, Cultural Perspectives on Sweets in Children’s Literature and Media (2025, edited by Sabine Planka and Corina Löwe); “What and How Will We Eat in Future? Food Culture, Food System, and Food Memory in Cli-fi Novels for Young Adults” (2024, together with Corina Löwe), and “Meet to Eat. The Restaurant as Narrative Setting in Terry Gilliam’s Brazil (1985) and The Fisher King (1991)” in A Critical Companion to Terry Gilliam (2023) edited Sabine Planka, Philip van der Merwe, and Ian Bekker.

• MottosIntroduction Chapter 1 (Mis-)Communication and (Mis-)Behaviour in Private and Public Places: Kitchens and Restaurants as Places of Conflict and CareChapter 2 When Food becomes Torture: Eating Disorders in Private Kitchens and (Semi-)Public Dining-RoomsChapter 3 Eating and Food Supply under Extreme Conditions: Food (Supply) and Surveillance in Prison-Like PlacesChapter 4 Where Outsiders and Cool Kids Meet: The School Cafeteria as a Food Place between Conflicts and SolidarityChapter 5 Places of the Ephemeral and the Enduring: Candy Factories, Sweetshops and the Production, Creation and Incorporation of Culture, Identity, and MemoryChapter 6 Metropolises, Villages, No-man’s-lands: Food Places and Food Experiences in Urban and Rural SettingsConclusionBibliographyIndex