by Alana Jolley | Sep 5, 2014 | Culture, Culture, Food, Nutrition
Animals and Culture Animals and culture. Do animals have culture? Can animals learn culture? What are the criteria to determine whether something is “culture” or not culture? Studying What is Culture on this website is a good place to start getting...
by Alana Jolley | Sep 4, 2014 | Culture, Culture, Food, Nutrition
Pop Culture Phenom The Pop Culture Phenom that has literally brought new meaning to the word, sandwich is “Not Okay,” according to Christine Byrne on the BuzzFeed Staff. I completely agree with her! Where is the classic PB&J? Somehow it has been...
by Alana Jolley | May 7, 2014 | Culture in the News, Culture, Food, Nutrition
Food as Culture? Should we categorize Food as Culture? A book published in 2006 by Massimo Montanari, has the name, “Food is Culture.” A quote from the preface states, “What humans grow involves selectivity, of course, but even in the wildest “natural” or spontaneous...
by Alana Jolley | Apr 18, 2014 | Culture, Culture, Food, Nutrition
Changes in Cultural Practices Food Insecurity Awareness Changes in Cultural Practices are the key to solving the problems of food insecurity in the world. Not only in the present, but in the future. National Geographic takes the lead in bringing awareness, but will...
by Alana Jolley | Apr 9, 2014 | Culture, Food, Nutrition
Gastroporn, Culture, Health Above, young Marilyn Monroe eats at a 1950’s Drive In restaurant. Gastroporn, Culture, Health leads us to wonder how the three are related. Acceptable standards for food enticements have been rather slow, but they have reached the...
by Alana Jolley | Jun 1, 2013 | Culture, Culture, Food, Nutrition
Rocky Road Cake, Poppy Seed Lemon Cake, and Ginger and Spice Fruit Cake are all delectable desserts; but the word “pudding” can refer to any dessert in England, so these might all be “puddings” to the Brits. On Thursday, we went from Bramley...
