More obesity big-picture stuff. 14 October 2009 3:08 pm
Posted by Tracy in : consumerism,convenience,food snobbery,health,health at every size,history,politics,responsibility,writing , 5 commentsSo here’s a few thoughts I cut from last Wednesday’s post since it was running too long. I am tempted to make my health-at-every-size ranting a regularly-scheduled feature, but “Weighty Wednesdays” is just too cutesy and besides, I haven’t exactly been rocking the regularly-scheduled posts these past few months anyway.
So. Here I go. Despite its persistent reporting by both government and mass media sources, I am extremely skeptical about the oft-trumpeted assertion that we are in the midst of an obesity epidemic. I should probably spend some time analyzing the hell out of the use of the term “epidemic” when I think “crisis” or “panic” are more appropriate, but for now I’m trying to get on with this post (more…)
Restaurant review (and flashback): Hotel Utse, Kathmandu 13 October 2009 10:33 am
Posted by Tracy in : Kathmandu,nepal,pictures,restaurants,reviews,school,travel,writing , 1 comment so farHey party people, remember how I was in Nepal two years ago? Yeah, me too. Today I’m rocking a bit of a head cold, so I’m posting another reworking from last year’s food writing class, this piece was written for the travel writing assignment. Professor Sax was particularly entertained by the lede, and I’m still pretty proud of it myself. I’ve updated this version to correct some typos, and incorporate a few of her suggestions, as well as links and pictures.
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If you eat only one meal in Kathmandu, make reservations for dinner at Krishnarpan, the restaurant at Dwarika’s Hotel, rightly recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its celebration of Nepalese art, architecture, and culture, including food. But if you have more opportunities to eat in the capital of Nepal — and I hope you do — try the restaurant at the Hotel Utse, on the outskirts of the Thamel tourist district.
Hustling-bustling Thamel. (more…)
Monkey Monday: mysteries and more. 12 October 2009 12:16 pm
Posted by Tracy in : books,eating,friends,monkeys,nyc,politics,random,restaurants,reviews,weird,whoops , add a commentThe Vegan Brunch saga just took a turn for the weirder, party people. Saturday’s mail was a sad package with a pre-printed note from the U.S. Postmaster, apologizing for the inconvenience and the delay and so on and so forth.
Inside the package was a British Royal Mail envelope redly stamped “RECEIVED WITHOUT CONTENTS.” The customs form showed that the package was sent as a gift by the fantastic Megan H., the mastermind who pointed me to Cathy’s Vegan Brunch giveaway back in May. Here’s my post about getting lucky in that and one other contest, and here’s my late August whining about how the book hadn’t yet arrived. Pout, pout, pout… as I emailed Megan earlier today, it’s like the universe is punishing me for cheating the contest or something. So weird. (more…)
About obesity: getting started. 7 October 2009 2:42 pm
Posted by Tracy in : food snobbery,health,health at every size,history,responsibility,school , 2 commentsI’m thinking about making a little comic called “Obesity: the big picture” (pun most certainly intended, and it will not be the last) because lately school has me reading a lot about how fat we’re all getting (or already are) and it seems like whenever I read more than a paragraph on the subject, it’s only a matter of time before I start trying to graph something. It would seem that this math nerd could graduate herself out of engineering school, but she can’t or won’t stop trying to hyperanalyze data, even if it’s just to say that the data aren’t very good. Anyway.
A few weeks ago, I tweeted:
This semester’s food studies are shaping up to be very fat studies-focused. Should be heck of educational in all sorts of ways. Whee? Eek?
3:47 PM Sep 15th from txt
and my Twitter forwards to Facebook, where I ended up expanding on the topic (the puns, I tell you, they just keep coming): (more…)
Quick hit comics 6 October 2009 5:25 pm
Posted by Tracy in : breakfast,consumerism,fangirl,food snobbery,fun,geekery,reading,silly , 2 commentsGo go gadget short attention span:
My love of Cat and Girl continues unabated: “Value Menu” is one of my favorite comics in a long time.
I have Wikipedia to thank for reminding me of the Achewood strips about Jared the Subway ex-fat guy. (“Well, he doesn’t really make me feel good about food…” is quite the understatement and may become my new all-purpose description of nutrition scolds.) Also, is it bad that my brain automatically thought of “ex-gay” ministries after coming up with “ex-fat” as a descriptor for people who loudly advertise their weight loss? Somehow, I am loving the parallels just a little too much….
But onwards, to breakfast comics. (more…)
