Analysis Of The Poem ' Food History '

The source of the earlier European colonist anxiety about their diet comes from their limited understanding of genetics, diets, and overall human health of the time. In Rebecca Earle’s work “The You Eat Their Food…”: Diets and Bodies in Early Colonial Spanish America, the historian presents the ideals of the early European Settlers, mainly Spanish, on how food effected the human body and form. The work elaborates on the Spanish logic for the aliments of both the settlers and the indigenous people of the land, linking it to food. Food in the New World played a prominent role in race and health – based upon Eurocentrism.

Food is always an extremely important factor that brings influence to people’s life in diverse ways from the old times to the present. Although it carries the same significance through the whole development of civilization, the English cuisine in Medieval time is very different from it is in modern time. The Medieval cuisine, including the foods, eating habits, food preservation, and seasoning, in England had been hugely affected by the social and political background during the Medieval Age.

In the Poem “A Story”, the poet Li-Young Lee conveys the convoluted and complex relationship of a father and son with techniques such as point of view and carefully used diction. Throughout the poem, a simple scene is depicted; story time between father and son. The child is satisfied and mesmerized by his “baba” while his father fears his own failure and the eventual adulthood of his son.

The amount of foreign students come to study in Canadian University has increased dramatically in the last few years, and in the process for them to integrate into the host country, they will experience a culture shock. In her article “Picture this: A Photovoice study of international students’ food experience in Canada”, Stephanie Amos delivers a research she made on food experiences of international students in Canada, and based on the experimentation, she demonstrates that “international students acculturating to Canada have emotional and physical needs, which can be met through food.”(pg59). Stephanie Amos herself is a registered dietitian who works in the Department of Applied Human Nutrition at Mount Saint Vincent University, and through this article, she tries to convince Canadian Universities to “incorporate food acculturation strategies into campus events and menus,” (pg59) and then she persuades the nutrition professionals on campus study on create a better food environment for international students. Stephanie utilizes logos, which is the dominant rhetorical appeal of the article, by separating the article into different parts, though in some respects her appeal to logic is kind of weak. In spite of the fact that Stephanie effectively appeals to her audience by using ethos and pathos to connect them to the participants in the

In the Introduction, to “Food as Thought: Resisting the Moralization of Eating”, Mary Maxfield argues that food and the way we consume it isn’t something that should define the obesity epidemic in America. A controversial issue discussed has been whether we should have theories or ideas on which diet works best to increase weight loss or whether we should have any diets to begin with. On one hand, Maxfield argues against the Health Professor Michael Pollan, who proposes an idea to reduce the problem of unhealthy eating in America, when he himself chastises scientists and other health doctors who suggests different diets. On the other hand, she introduces that food is just food and doesn’t need to be differentiated since one may seem

So, have you ever taste the difference between a homemade meal that’s cooked with whole foods for a meal that been processed in a factory. Michael Pollan, a food journalist and professor, argues how processed food companies only care about the profit their brand are made and not caring about the nutrient that is in the product. In “Escape from the Western Diet”, Pollan argues that there is no kind relationship between them to decide the types of nutrient and whole foods are in it. Some other people like Gyrory Scrinis, who in the article just says that he coined the term “nutritionism”, which he considers that the industry and homemade meal with whole foods are two different types of groups. Michael Pollan ideas that there is no connection between the process food industry and nutrient will be something that I will agree with him because nowadays industry only care about their profits so it is harder to separate our bodily health and the health of the environment you live and eat in.

In the story In Praise of Fast Food the author is arguing how much better industrialized food is then natural food. Most believe eating natural is the way to go and processed foods is not good for the body. To our ancestors natural foods were not good. “Natural often tastes bad. Fresh meat was rank, and tough, fresh fruits incredibly sour, fresh vegetables bitter.”(Laudan 332) Our ancestors had it much harder than what we do today. Food is now more convenient leaving us more time and giving us more options then what our ancestors had.

Shel Silverstein’s poem, Peanut-Butter Sandwich, revolves around a king and his insatiatable greed for a peanut butter sandwich. Slowly, the king succumbs to his favorite food and his jaws become stuck from the thick peanut butter. The whole town is called and through many different attempts, finally manages to pull the king’s jaws apart. When initially searching for a poem to imitate, I immediately looked to Silverstein. He is very famous and creates jovial poems which easily bring smiles to readers everywhere. Silverstein’s use of rhymes, tone, and organization all lead to a poem that creates a sense of nostalgia in the reader, reminding them of happy thoughts of childhood. I chose to imitate Peanut-Butter Sandwich so I could reproduce those feelings in my audience.

Imagine the world in about twenty years. What’s new? Technology. Medicine. Celebrities. Trends. What about something as simple as food? Will it be the delicious, fragrant,colorful delicacy we’re used to or an odorless and unsavory beige liquid only consumed twice a day? A new product, Soylent, is just that, all the nutrients necessary for survival compiled into a pancake-batter like beverage that replaces food; “a large burden [and]hassle” according to the Soylent creator, Rob Rhinehart. In an article entitled, “The End of Food,” the author, Lizzie Widdicombe discusses the intentions and motivations of Rob Rhinehart as well as her own opinions on Soylent and its effects on consumers and non consumers. To both foodies and common people who

In “Buffet Etiquette” by Hieu Nguyen the author discusses how his transition from Vietnamese culture to American culture, has caused tension and hardship between his relationship between his mother and him. Nguyen’s use of candace, tone, and volume accentuate the message that losing the roots someone came from can cause hardship.

“The number of mysterious disappearances is outrageous. We have yet to find any of these missing girls, but are working vigilantly to overcome this madness,” stated Robert Mars, local radio producer.

Did you know that 36 different dishes could be served at a Medieval feast? The Medieval period was one to under take in some very extraordinary things like, what they ate and how they went about their day. During the Medieval period there was certain orders of doing things, including: what you must do before a meal; the order of which the hall was set up for eating; what time/ what the lords or peasants ate for breakfast, dinner, and supper; and what they would eat for Easter, Christmas, and weddings/ big events happening in the family or the community.

How did people make olive oil and what was it used for in ancient Greece ?

Both Titus Andronicus and Grandpa’s soup serve the purpose of entertaining the reader in juxtaposing ways. Titus Andronicus is illustrative of the alarming horror that certain types of cooking and food reinforce, whereas Grandpa’s soup is representative of the warmth and affection that certain types of food and cooking can bring. Themes portrayed in these texts such as death, mortality, celebration, desperation, love and hate are looked at from completely different angles through the literary techniques displayed by both writers, which will be analyzed and discussed in this essay.

While reading The Food of Italy: a Journey for Food Lovers I was reminded of a dinner that family and myself had while visiting Rome. In the summer of 2007 my family flew to Rome, Italy, it was my first experience in Europe, and I was a very picky eater. The cultural significance that the city has with its food did not fare well with my typical diet of chicken strips and fries. While the cultural diversity of new foods is a blessing to many people who seek out the great reputation of Italian food, I was in cultural food shock.