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Summary of “Like An Extra Virgin” by Anne Meneley
The article “Like An Extra Virgin” by Anne Meneley expresses a conflict between olive oil enthusiasts and adversaries of the craze of olive oil. Meneley’s unbiased explanation of olive oil seeks to inform the reader of how the production and marketing factors … Continue reading
“Time, Sugar, and Sweetness”
Midterm Blog Post Sidney Mintz discusses and illuminates the social, and economic history of the production as well as the consumption of sugar, mainly focusing his research on the United Kingdom. He analyses the frameworks that made sugar a … Continue reading
Summary of “Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat” by Eugene Cooper
“Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat” by Eugene Cooper talks about multiple table manners that Chinese people have depending on the location of where they eat. These social customs are considered the norm, and if they don’t do … Continue reading
Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat
When thinking about food and the methods of preparing and preserving authentic food, it is important to understand all the aspects that go into it. In the reading, “Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat”, author, Eugene Cooper discusses … Continue reading
“Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat” Response
In Eugene Cooper’s “Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat,” Cooper draws the lines of distinction between Chinese and Western eating practices and, further, what kinds of foods those practices stem from. Cooper states that, aside from dining etiquette … Continue reading
Summary of “Time, Sugar, and Sweetness” by Sidney Mintz
In “Time, Sugar, and Sweetness” Sidney Mintz argues that there must be an evolutionary explanation for the preference towards sugar, and wonders if it is a natural desire. He explains that as the world population rapidly increased, the demand and … Continue reading
Summary of “Broccoli and Desire” by Peter Benson and Edward F. Fischer
The article “Broccoli and Desire” by Peter Benson and Edward F. Fischer is about the growth and production of broccoli in relation to economic advantages, and consumer advantages by Maya farmers, and customer-consumers of broccoli. These relations are then tied … Continue reading
Summary of “On the Ideology of Nutritionism” by Gyorgy Scrinis
Over the course of many decades, individuals have continuously been taught to engage with food through the concept of Nutritionism. Nutritionism is defined as “a paradigm focusing on the Nutri-biochemical levels such as those of particular nutrients, food components, or biomarkers” … Continue reading
Summary of “In Tastes, Lost and Found: Remembering the Real Flavor of Fat Pork” by Brad Weiss
In the article, “In Tastes, Lost and Found: Remembering the Real Flavor of Fat Pork.”, by Brad Weiss discusses the significance of the taste of pork fat, and how important the taste is to people. Pork has its own distinct … Continue reading
Summary of “On the Ideology of Nutritionism” By Gyorgy Scrinis
In the article “On the Ideology of Nutritionism.”, the author Gyorgy Scrinis informs us about the concept of what is the Nurtitionism Paradigm is and how it’s been used for many decades. He shares how nutritionism has become a problem … Continue reading
Summary of “Queer Farmers: Sexuality and the Transition to Sustainable Agriculture” by Isaac Sohn Leslie.
In “Queer Farmers: Sexuality and the Transition to Sustainable Agriculture,” Isaac Sohn Leslie discusses the understudied role that sexuality and heteronormativity play in agriculture and the way the queer community is affected by this lack of research. With a rise … Continue reading
Queer Farmers: Sexuality and the Transition to Sustainable Agriculture by Isaac Sohn Leslie – Critical Analysis
In the article “Queer Farmers: Sexuality and the Transition to Sustainable Agriculture” by Isaac Sohn Leslie, the author discusses the importance of preserving sustainable agriculture as our generation continues to expand on food innovations. Meanwhile, the LGBTQ+ community continues to … Continue reading
Summary of WOMEN AND FOOD CHAINS: THE GENDERED POLITICS OF FOOD By Patricia Allen and Carolyn Sachs
In WOMEN AND FOOD CHAINS: THE GENDERED POLITICS OF FOOD Patricia Allen and Carolyn Sachs details the topic of the politics of food through connecting it to gender. The main arguments the author makes are gender and how it’s connected … Continue reading
Broccoli and Desire – Robert Vasquez
“Broccoli and Desire” by Peter Benson and Edward Fischer highlights how farmers and consumers are interdependent on each other. The authors are able to explore this relationship through the production of broccoli and its connection to the concept of desire. … Continue reading
Summary of “Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat” by Eugene Cooper
The topic that I chose for this blog post is identity and difference, and the reading that I chose is called “Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat” This reading is published by Eugene Cooper, in 1986. As I … Continue reading
Summary of “On the Ideology of Nutritionism” by Gyorgy Scrinis
In the article “On the Ideology of Nutritionism.” Gyorgy Scrinis seeks to inform readers on how nutritionism works; by providing the reader with a basic overview of concepts and terms in order to challenge the public’s current understanding of nutritionism. … Continue reading
Summary of “Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat” by Eugene Cooper
In “Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat,” Eugene Cooper discusses the customs and etiquette in Chinese dining. Cooper details the contrasts between the traditional behaviors while eating in China and Western eating. He talks about how there are … Continue reading
Summary of “Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat” by Eugene Cooper
Western civilization usually has an influence over the entire world. Traveling across lands and seas, the baggage that the West carries is filled with behaviors and beliefs. Some of these will get lost at sea, but that doesn’t mean other … Continue reading
Summary of “Struggling for the future in the Age of Trump” by Neubert Chrsitopher
In the article, 2 Slaughterhouse Politics: “Slaughterhouse Politics: Struggling for the Future in the Age of Trump.”by Chrsitopher Neubert; the author talks about how after Donald Trump was elected as president racism was one of the main causes of agriculture … Continue reading
Summary of “Broccoli and Desires” by Peter Benson and Edward F. Fishcher
The article “Broccoli and Desire” by Peter Benson & Edward F. Fischer (2007) focuses on the connection and political, economic power during the movement of broccoli from Nashville, Tennessee supermarkets to Maya farmers in highland Guatemala. The authors’ principal argument … Continue reading
“Food and culture” Reading summary
As human beings the food that we eat changes over time, new lands are found with new vegetation, new spices, and new ingredients. Especially now when globalization is stronger than ever, it’s now easier for cultures to co-exist with others … Continue reading
“Food, Eating, and The Good Life”: Critical Analysis
In Judith Farquhar’s “Handbook of Material Culture”, she discusses the practice of eating, what role food plays in social life, how food practices vary across cultures, and the anthropological and historical discourses that are involved in the practices of eating. … Continue reading
“Like an Extra Virgin” Reading Summary
In “Like an Extra Virgin,” Anne Meneley describes olive oil’s history and cultural significance to the Mediterranean region. Meneley (2007) distinguishes how traditionally produced olive oil is seen as purer and better for one’s health. She argues what it took … Continue reading
Summary of “Like An Extra Virgin” by Meneley Anne
In the article “Like an Extra Virgin” Meneley Anne describes olive oil as a gift sent from the Greek Goddess Athena. Throughout the article the author does not talk about olive oil as something to be used only when one … Continue reading
Summary of “On Apples and Anarchy” by Kathryn R. Falvo
On Apples and Anarchy, an article by historian Kathryn R. Falvo, dedicates itself to the understanding of the connection between the movements of veganism and anarchism. Falvo speaks to the broader utilization of both these terms and their usage within … Continue reading
Summary of “The origins of soul food in black urban identity” by Tracey N. Poe
After reading “The origins of soul food in black urban identity“, Poe argument seemed to be on how African Americans have shaped a multi-dimensional unity for Black Americans through means of their entrepreneurship. I personally think that food is crucial … Continue reading
Summary of “Food, Eating, and the Good Life” by Judith Farquhar
Judith Farquhar in “Food, Eating, and the Good Life”, describes how the way people enjoy their own kinds of food depend on their culture. She begins to say that the way and the place you were raised has an obvious … Continue reading
Summary of “Time, Sugar, and Sweetness” by Sidney Mintz
“Time, Sugar, and Sweetness” in Food and Culture by Sidney Mintz is an article that exemplifies true deconstruction of colonized foods and dives into the various depths of a sweet world. That sweet world, of course, refers to sugar and the vast history … Continue reading
A summary of Chinese Table Manners: you are how you eat by Eugene Cooper
The text: https://via.hypothes.is/https://anth2140.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/13216/files/2020/10/Cooper-1986-Chinese-Table-Manners-You-Are-_How_-You-Eat.pdf Title: Chinese Table Manners: You are how you eat Author[s]: Eugene cooper Published: 1986 Let’s talk about culture, more importantly mannerisms in certain cultures. The reading chosen for today is Chinese table manners: you are how you … Continue reading
Summary of “(Re)making quality in China’s dairy industry By Megan Tracy
The article “(Re)making quality in China’s Dairy Industry offers a highly significant and critical discussion in which Megan Tracy, the author, looks into the country’s dairy sector and practices. As the title hints, China’s dairy industry has been a hotbed … Continue reading
Summary of “Don’t pack a pest”: parts, wholes, and the porosity of food borders” by Heather Paxson
Heather Paxson (2019) in her article, “Don’t pack a pest”: parts, wholes, and the porosity of food borders” suggests that food safety is unequally authorized at the United States entry ports. Foods that appear at ports of entry whether as … Continue reading
Summary of “Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat” by Eugene Cooper
In the article “Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat”, the author Eugene Cooper mainly introduces how table manner can reflect oneself as well as the different customs and taboos of Chinese table manners. He begins by saying that … Continue reading
Summary of “Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat” by Eugene Cooper
Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat In Eugene Cooper’s article “Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat.” he provides the reader with everything one can learn on Chinese table manners. Cooper spent five years doing field research … Continue reading
Summary of “Coffeetalk: StarbucksTM and the Commercialization of Casual Conversation” by Rudolf P. Gaudio
In the article “Coffee: Starbucks™ and the commercialization of casual conversation”, Rudolf P. Gaudio demonstrates the idea of casual conversation not as a naturally occurring event but something that is politically, economically and culturally involved with global capitalism. Gaudio focuses … Continue reading
