Cookbook

harvesting in countries like Ghana and Nigeria even today. In the medieval empire of Mali, people consumed in great quantities by beer and palm wine drinkers, as it reputed to help ease the pains of the morning after the night before. (“The African Cookbook”) Moreover, in the western…

Maya Angelou overcame a difficult and traumatic childhood to become a prize-winning poet and the author of several best-selling autobiographies, including her celebrated first volume, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970). She was also the first African American, and the first woman, invited to read a poem at the inauguration of a president of the United States. Born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928, Maya was three when her parents were divorced. She and her…

We all have dreams that are so close, but seem so far away. There may be something stopping us from reaching for these dreams such as, other people’s opinions, cultural traditions, or our own self-doubt. A controversy lies between what we wish to accomplish and what others think we need to accomplish. It all comes down to our personal responsibility and the opinions of others that keeps us from moving forward. It is simply reality. This reality is explored in the book, “Like Water For Chocolate”…

Media Representation of Men and Women in the Professional Kitchen Introduction Women are, arguably by nature, associated with nurturing and cooking. This seems to be historically true across cultures. However, in many societies, chef occupation is a largely gendered occupation as women are likely to be excluded from the professional kitchen. This relates to the fact men and women chefs are involved different jobs and specialties. For instance, men chefs are expected to take control over the…

North America's main concern today is obesity and other health related problems. Aside from doing little exercise, most Americans are eating too much fatty foods. Even though you don't eat that much at fast food chains and you buy your food at grocery stores, quick-to-prepare foods are always high in fat content. Few decades ago, everyone was happily preparing their meals, even if it takes a long time and experts say that we were healthier during those times compared today. Home cooking taken…

Haerens, Margaret. Ed. Sherri Libberman. American Food by the Decades: 1950s. Santa Barbara: Greenwood, 2011. Print. Précis In her section “1950’s” (2011), Margaret Haerens, author and editor, suggests that television became influential to the way Americans eat. Haerens supports her claim by showing different types of examples of how television advertising has influenced Americans’ way of eating because advertising pushed the ideas of convenience. Her purpose is to allow readers to acknowledge…

• The high price of some of the diets in comparison with the results. • Keeping positive, motivated and happy during the program. ”Having fun”. • Not having support to endure the challenges of dieting. Need to have someone to share the experience. • Difficulty in keeping track on the progress during the diet process. • Not feeling satisfied with the diet food. Feeling hungry all the time. Regarding the gains, it was possible to identify the following common ones: • Health improvement. •…

Gravy is one of those deliciously simple dishes that may be a bit difficult to master at first. It is a great way to turn leftover broth or meat drippings into a tasty side and make your meals go further. Since gravy is equally appropriate at a family breakfast or a fancy dinner, it is a worthy addition to your cooking repertoire. Here are some tips for gravy novices. N-E-X-T Read through your recipe and set out the measured ingredients and tools before you begin. You do not want your gravy to…

stranger. And so this was part of the new world Japes had landed in. Hanging with these girls most definitely put a chill down his spine, and in fact the servers who befriended him the most turned out to be the black servers. He knew what it felt like to be discriminated against, as his unusually narrow build and sunken chest became the object of ridicule throughout his youth. Well-honed psychological lines of defense had been fully developed by this point in his life, and certainly his new…

Many of us go day to day eating foods without completely realizing where it’s coming from. We do not consider what are foods actually looked like before they were presented to us on our plates. The majority of people would not be able to personally kill an animal to get the meat they provide to us for the fact that they themselves would be taking an organism’s life. Even when individuals are going out to the grocery store, many get skirmish when seeing the jars of pigs feet or the fish that is…