Cooking Class Teaches More Than Cooking

In Jessica Harris’s “The Culinary Season of my Childhood” she peels away at the layers of how food and a food based atmosphere affected her life in a positive way. Food to her represented an extension of culture along with gatherings of family which built the basis for her cultural identity throughout her life. Harris shares various anecdotes that exemplify how certain memories regarding food as well as the varied characteristics of her cultures’ cuisine left a lasting imprint on how she began to view food and continued to proceeding forward. she stats “My family, like many others long separated from the south, raised me in ways that continued their eating traditions, so now I can head south and sop biscuits in gravy, suck chewy bits of fat from a pigs foot spattered with hot sauce, and yes’m and no’m with the best of ‘em,.” (Pg. 109 Para). Similarly, since I am Jamaican, food remains something that holds high importance in my life due to how my family prepared, flavored, and built a food-based atmosphere. They extended the same traditions from their country of origin within the new society they were thrusted into. The impact of food and how it has factors to comfort, heal, and bring people together holds high relevance in how my self-identity was shaped regarding food.

Mantalas as a P.E. teacher, when they see him with a cup of coffee, or a burrito, they might suspect that he is just having his morning coffee, or just eating a burrito for breakfast, but really he is just doing what he always does. He doesn’t say anything about burritos being his favorite food, students just figure it out sooner or later. They could wonder why Mr. Mantalas is always telling them to eat healthy, like eat fruit and vegetables, when he is setting an example of eating burritos everyday. After a while though, the students just figure out that he just really likes burritos and isn’t trying to set a bad

On a Sunday after church lets out is when I decided to do to do my ethnomethodology experiment. I also brought my sister who is known for her sweet tooth. As we sit down at our table our slightly overweight waiter immediately greets us. We order chocolate milkshakes and our waiter smiles and says, “Wait! No lemon water this time?” This is the first reaction we received. It made me feel a little nervous because if he is already reacting to our drinks, how is he going to react to the rest of the dinner. After we receive our milkshakes we ordered our ice cream brownie delux. Our waiter laughs and asks if that would be all. I explain to him that we would still like an entree but that we want our dessert first. We then order a burger and some fries. He then warns us that we may start looking like him if we keep this up this diet. This made me uncomfortable because I was unsure how to respond

“The Magic of a Family Meal” by Nancy Gibbs is an enlightening article that convinces the audience that enjoying the company of family during meal time benefits all members emotionally, spiritually, and health wise. Gibbs main point states, “This [the family meal] is where the tribe comes to transmit wisdom, embed expectations, confess, conspire, forgive, repair” (209). Families gathering for meals have the unique opportunity to become closer and favorably impact one another. This thesis enhances the tone overall. The tone of this essay is construed as encouraging and positive. Gibbs’ attitude is

[Begin Boxed Text] Soup-To-Go is available at 5pm from the Help Yourself Food Pantry every second Thursday from September through March. This soup is available to anyone. Two large pots of soup are prepared and served during the Food Pantry food distribution to motivate more folks to take and use the government provided legumes. Everyone who arrives is welcome to enjoy a bowl of soup and fresh baked bread made and served by community members. All are welcome to take home leftover soup distributed in mason jars. This public meal has given people a place to build community and network with each

Waves of people arrived with arms full of canned foods; I was simply amazed at the altruism and benevolence those people possessed. The groups of people formed a semicircle and the same coordinator who I was first introduced to earlier began speaking about the event. She proclaimed that the purpose of the event hosted today was to not only provide assistance to those in need today but for many years to come. She continued by giving her countless thanks to the groups who gave a helping hand and donated their time to the Jubilee Center, as well as the event. As I looked across the crowd of people, I noticed that there were some who were very young, some still in elementary school and others who appeared wise and sagacious. Despite the difference in age, there was one thing that grouped all the people there in common: they all shared a passion to support those in

So began a thrice-daily ritual on the raft, with pumpkin pie and spaghetti being the favorite subjects. The men came to know louise’s recipes so well that if louie skipped a step or forgot an ingredient, Phil, and sometimes Mac, would quickly correct him and make him start over.” Instead of just saying “they were starving” Hillenbrand instead talks about how they fantasized about Louie’s Mother's cooking. She uses detail of the cooking to develop how hungry they are and to show the lack of food they have. I know when I'm hungry I often think about my mother's mash potatoes and ham, and how she puts everything together and cooks.

WILLIAM stood at the back of the cider mill and stared over the makeshift classroom. Mary and Reverend Flowers stood at the front of the classroom. Forty students ranging from 5-years-old up to 18-years-old sat at tables arranged by grade level. Mary taught a lesson on long division to a group of 7-year-olds while Reverend Flowers monitored the rest of the students as they worked independently at their desks. Reverend Flowers walked to an 11-year-old boy in the second row who was doodling in the margins of a notebook instead of focusing on his reading assignment. Reverend Flowers grabbed the boy by his ear and yanked him out of his seat.

This essay is a reflection on my observation of how a group interacts with each other. The 12-step meeting I attended was Overeater’s Anonymous (OA). OA uses the same Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions as Alcoholics Anonymous, the words are changed from “alcoholic” to “compulsive overeater”. The meeting I went to had seven people in attendance even with this small of a group it was definitely a diverse group. All seven attendees were women whose ages ranged from a young college student to an elderly homemaker, there was a middle age professional (just left the office type), and a good old ranch gal boot wearing, hair in a braid ranch women. I was a bit nervous about being there but someone patted the seat next to herself and I

Woolf notes that “the nature of the biscuits to be dry” is a common occurrence for their dinners. Conversely, the women were given a water jug to pass around for their refreshment unlike the luxury of wine the men were able to enjoy. Once again, this treatment implies that mean are at a higher status than women. Describing the end of the meal, Woolf states, “That was all. The meal was over”.

Alton Brown is commonly known for being the host of the food network shows “Good Eats” and “cutthroat kitchen”. Born July 30th, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, Alton Brown has inspired a generation of young cooks, both professionally and household. As a young adult Brown spent most of his time working in cinematography but found that he spent a majority of his time between shoots watching cooking showed that he found boring and uninformed. Convinced he could do better, he graduates from the New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, Vermont, and creates the show “Good Eats” and entertaining and informative cooking show for everyone from children helping mom and dad in the kitchen to individuals well into their 40s with absolutely no cooking

After a long Thursday of work on the ranch the hard working men packed into the dining hall. Everyone rushed through the lineup to eat first and instantly the sound of growling stomachs and clinking forks and knifes filled the dining room that was silent moments ago. George, Slim, Lennie, Candy and Carlson in their dirty work wear an scuffed boots sat around an old wood dining room table that was aged with scratches and cuts from the many men that had worked at the ranch before the five men that sat around the table today. The men chowed down on roast beef with gravy and garlic mashed potatoes. Lennie was thrilled as he ate his mountain of potatoes. Gravy spilled down the edge of old Candy’s lips. “Jesus Candy do you have any table manners?” Carlson asked with frustration in his deep voice.

In the story, “Two Cafeterias” by Virginia Woolf, she describes two meals she was served at a university visit. Throughout the story the author displays her underlying attitude toward women’s place in society. She began with a “luncheon part[y]” at the men’s college. Already, it becomes very evident that the men’s meal is going to be very lavish. The lunch commenced with soles, a fish that was “sunk in a deep dish.” The chef had put “the whitest cream” on the sole, and made it spread so that the spots looked like “the spots on the flanks of a doe.” This shows how ornamental and extravagant the meal truly was. Next, the “silent servingman” brought out partridges. The men are provided with a silent server so they can continue their extensive discussions. The partridges were accompanied by a “retinue of sauces.” The men got a wide variety of sauces to meet each of their own individual tastes, and since they are men, this is what they deserve. Soon after, the dessert was brought out. The dessert was pudding. The author stated however, that to call it pudding was an insult. The meal was over, but no one got up to leave. There was “no need to hurry” because no one had to get up early to go to class. Life was extremely effortless for the men. Everything they ever needed seemed to be presented to them on a silver platter. Rather than hurrying out, the servers brought them more “flushed yellow and flushed crimson” wine. All the men got to sit around and talk about how “good life

A home cooked meal was purchased and prepared by the Amice and Zeta, Youth other family members set up and cleanup. It was rewarding to talk with the families and the crisis’s they were going through and to be able to encourage them. They were very grateful of a home cooked meal and begged us to come back the next week.

If asked, would you be able to explain in detail how the food you ate for dinner last night was made and what ingredients it contained? Furthermore, would you be able to identify the presence of corn in your meal? Unfortunately, the average American would not be able to. Food is one of the most basic and essential human needs, yet it is a topic that most of us know very little about. Tom Small believes that this should change. Small asserts that parents nowadays do not have time to cook healthy meals, let alone teach their kids how to shop for food and cook. This dangerous new phenomenon is compromising our health, our environment, and our consciousness. I agree with Tom Small; schools should provide and require courses that teach students how to cook and shop for themselves.