*You must directly address four readings from the week, named by title.
John Dickie, “Miracle Food,” pp.
280-300 in Delizia!
PDF.
K. Moyer-Nocchi, Chewing the Fat,
“La cosidetta ‘Dieta Mediterranea’ –
The So-called ‘Mediterranean Diet’”
(pp 287-294)
Wartman Kristin_Food Fight The
Politics of the Food Industry
Krebs -when food goes wrong
*You must watch 1 episode of your choice from the list : Julie & Julia and Any episode of Cooked with Michael Pollan
*You must describe one food experience you had this week, touching on the following: atmosphere and location; taste and texture experience; ingredients source and cultural significance.
*You must record/reflect upon the following weekly challenges. Here they are:
WEEK 5: Push yourself to eat something that you (think you) don’t like. Eat something that scares you!
DO NOT TALK ABOUT PIZZA,PASTA OR ARTICHOKES
OBJECTIVE:
The goal here is NOT to summarize the readings/films but to interact with and respond to them. I am looking for genuine personal engagement: show me you are listening and thinking critically. The journals will not be graded individually, but they will each be read carefully and will be graded as a whole. Grammar and writing quality count! Think of this as a weekly written check-in with me, your professor. Tell me what you’re thinking about in class, tell me how the reading struck you. Did anything make you angry, or comfort you? What topic this week are you still curious about?
