The Cookout

purchase the food, free time to cook the food, clean and able space to prep, and the desire to cook. Instead of piling all the pressure on the mother to prepare a meal for her family, we could encourage family preparation of meals or neighborhood cookouts. As I read Guthman’s article, I noticed the same theme of these movements stemming from an inherently privileged position. Guthman describes that many of the community members simply wanted a Safeway instead of a farmer’s market or a local…

When I was 8 years old,I was dribbling down the the court I made my first layup that’s when I knew for a fact I was gonna like basketball but there is more to me just than basketball.If you want to know who I really am you need to understand the sports I desire playing,how I dress and the things I enjoy doing with my family. To begin with a big part of my life's been spent doing sports.I started out playing when I was 7 and I played for a team called Christian Life Church everything I learned…

Have you ever heard the term home is where the heart is? In the summer after my freshman year, I found this to be true. I encountered experiences that illuminated the value of time spent with family and how this creates a sense of home. My family and a few members of my congregation went on a mission trip to Duluth and Superior. We did a variety of things such as helping people in hunger stricken areas, working and arranging clothes in a woman’s shelter, and spending time with kids at…

Football also brings us together as One, before games you see people having mini cookouts or having mini games with other fans to show the friendship between each other for supporting the same team, doesn’t matter which if you’re black or white a fan is a fan and they all do the same thing for their team. This game is difficult to make…

Throughout the year our planet Earth rotates along an axis of rotation around the Sun. Over the course of a year, the angle of tilt does not fluctuate. This means that the Earth’s hemispheres are always pointing at their respected directions in space. However, the orientation of Earth’s tilt with respect to the sun does change as we orbit the sun; thus giving us our source of light and warmth. The Southern and Northern Hemispheres take turns being oriented toward the sun for half of the year and…

get back to work." She said that out loud to herself, thinking it would help confirm it was nothing. The man she was embalming, Jerry Bertoli, had been a friend of her family from the time she was a toddler. She started remembering the dinners, cookouts, and gatherings with him and his family. It made her sad for them and for herself. He would be missed. It was hard to think he wouldn't be at the next community potluck at the community center with his signature cannoli, lasagna, and his own…

brands. Furthermore, instead of traveling outside the city limits to visit my favorite fast food places, it is now just a short drive away to get to Hwy 9, where many of the new businesses have been built. Thus far, Popeye’s, Donato’s, Salsarita’s, Cookout, as well as the Boiling Springs Ale House, Captain D’s, and Dick’s Barbeque Pit have all been included in…

Adlai Stevenson once said "Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." Being an American citizen is more than what is printed on your birth certificate. Our country is one of the most impacting and inspirational lands that you can see or be a part of. I believe that being an American defines a person, as well as a nation. Understanding America's complex history, government systems, and national pride are the biggest factors in…

The night I got there was really fun. We had a cookout and put on some music…. But it was a mistake staying up. Now I don’t go to church, but for my Tia’s sake I just sucked it up and went for the one day. There was a seperate room upstairs where the teenagers would go. We all had to read a verse from…

Chinese holidays. Although I have lived in the United States for almost all my life, I, the pickle and I both remember our roots. To finish it off, I put BBQ sauce on top. BBQ sauce is a typical condiment on sandwiches, but it is normally used during cookouts with hamburgers and hotdogs. So, when placed on top of my sandwich, it enters a whole new setting. I relate to the BBQ sauce because while I may appear as just another student, when put in new environments, I bring new perspectives and…