Shameless nerditude: Belasco’s culinary triangle 25 April 2007 10:27 pm
Posted by Tracy in : anthropology,convenience,cooking,culinary triangle,eating,identity,Michael Pollan,responsibility,school,Sidney Mintz,vegetarian,Warren Belasco , add a commentSo. Warren James Belasco is a historian and professor of American studies at the University of Maryland who writes about food — and very well, I might add. I read his 2006 book, Meals to Come: a History of the Future of Food over winter break, and today I finished his 1989 book, Appetite for Change: How the Counterculture took on the Food Industry, because it was due back at the UO library today and I wanted to return it on time rather than provoke the wrath of our housemate The History Librarian. Belasco is the co-editor of Food Nations: Selling Taste in Consumer Societies, a collection of excellent academic papers about food and its marketing which was also due today. (Eventually I would like to review all these books on TracyFood, because I am a colossal geek.) In my Fall 2006 food and culture anthropology class (ANTH 365 at the University of Oregon), we used Belasco’s “culinary triangle” model of food selection to describe and discuss the way individuals approach the question of what to eat, and I find myself wanting to refer to Belasco’s terminology on TracyFood a lot, so I’m going to define it here for future reference. (more…)
Hungry Tracy redux: eating local 20 April 2007 9:27 pm
Posted by Tracy in : agriculture,cooking,eating,environment,eugene,garden,hungry planet,identity,local food,school,seasonality,tea , 1 comment so farThink of me when you’re eating whatever you want this weekend; I’ll be overthinking all my meals even more than usual. For class! You see, I’m supposed to consume only food and drinks that have been “grown or processed locally.” (more…)
Sorry, No Real Post Today, or More about The Paper Eating My Brain 22 March 2007 10:44 pm
Posted by Tracy in : agriculture,eating,eugene,identity,politics,school,sustainability , add a commentIt’s all I can think about, okay? Today I figured out what’s really wrong with my final paper for my sustainable agriculture class: it’s what happens when I write at least three or four essays at once without realizing it. (more…)
(Cook)book review: Diet for a Small Planet 16 March 2007 4:13 pm
Posted by Tracy in : books,cooking,eating,environment,eugene,identity,people,politics,reviews,school,sundance,sustainability,vegan,vegetarian,Warren Belasco,work , add a commentHoly monkey gods, y’all. Even the title of this entry should make it clear that I’m still a bit bewildered by my recent reading of Frances Moore Lappé’s 1971 classic, Diet for a Small Planet
Happy International Women’s Day! 8 March 2007 3:16 pm
Posted by Tracy in : books,cooking,feminism,identity,news,politics , 3 commentsI didn’t go on strike because I was covering the opening shift at Morning Glory for my boss — it’s her partner’s birthday, and that’s a pretty good cause, too, and besides I was home by 10:30 which is honestly when I might have gotten up today if I had been on strike or just rocking the usual laziness. But I digress. Today is also officially Blog Against Sexism Day 2007, so I figured now’s as good a time as any to state clearly (instead of between all the lines) that yes, feminism is TracyFood, in that delicious food for thought kind of way. Also, take one look at this official Blog Against Sexism image:
and just try to tell me it has no place in a food blog. Good grief, kids. (more…)
