https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/10/cookbooks-status-600-years/544164/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kafuTmY-YA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwCBj31ZE6k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgDx9L4ATcU
1: The videos assigned give a lot of different perspectives and background materials. Why do we eat what we eat? I am always fascinated by the
question "who ate that first?" I was in a Food in Archaeology class as a undergrad at USF and one running gag we drove the professor crazy with was
"how did someone decide something was edible?" Specifically, who looked at what comes out of a chicken and thought "breakfast?" Who realized
that if you cut fugu (河豚) exactly the correct way, it won't kill you, but one mistake and…oops? How many people dies gruesome deaths before they
figured that out? Who ever thought kale was edible? Fun questions, like those. There is something to be said for necessity (if you are starving during
a famine or in the Ice Age, moss and crickets start looking pretty darned tasty).
The other interesting topic for this week is about cookbooks. The idea of recording and sharing recipes is not a new one, nor did it start with the Food
Network.
Why do we share recipes? Do you have a cookbook your family has passed down? Do you use it? If yes: Where did it come from? Who has it now? If
no: why not? Have you ever thought about creating one?
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