In case you missed it: New York magazine on female chefs and more (including Janeane Garofalo, aw yeah). 19 November 2007 2:06 pm
Posted by Tracy in : Morning Glory, feminism, interviews, news, restaurants, vegetarianism, work , 1 comment so farWoo! Two posts in one day! I’m out of control! (Although actually, this is just a cunning ploy to make up for having missed last Wednesday’s post, and as soon as you’re not looking I’ll sneakily change the date on this entry to make it look like I’m not a flaky slackerbeast, but I digress. Anyway.)
For some reason, none of the food blogs on my long-neglected Google Reader mentioned New York magazine’s October 21 piece on the city’s few female top chefs, “A Woman’s Place?”; I read about it on Salon’s Broadsheet. But whatever; I’m just glad I found it. Food (especially cooking) and gender? I accept! (more…)
“I’m being anthropologized.” A Conversation with Mark Zolun of Iraila Mediterranean Rustica 8 January 2007 8:17 pm
Posted by Tracy in : anthropology, cooking, eating, eugene, friends, interviews, people, restaurants, vegan, vegetarian , 1 comment so farAs a project for Anth 365 (Food and Culture by Professor Geraldine Moreno-Black, fall 2006 term at the University of Oregon), I interviewed Mark Zolun, co-owner and head chef of Iraila Mediterranean Rustica in Eugene, OR. What follows is a transcription of our conversation of 28 October 2006, which I tape recorded because I knew better than to rely on handwritten notes. It’s always great to talk chef-to-chef with Mark, and that Saturday afternoon was no exception. (more…)
