Pastry

Food is an important aspect of life; it is a daily necessity because all humans eat to survive. Food also act as ways for people to connect and present their cultures. Yet, in different cultures, many food have unique and symbolic meanings. Similarly, everyone has a unique eating habit, which is a way for people to identify themselves. The term food habits refers to “why and how people eat, which foods they eat, and with whom they eat, as well as the ways people obtain, store, use, and discard…

Celebrating the joining of Edward Alexander Jarman and Ann Eliza Brown. The bride and groom came from different backgrounds, but still found a way to be together, happy and in love for 66 years. I would first like to tell you about my great grandparents, to give a sense of where my grandparents came from. My family does not remember much, but what is known for certain, this all takes place in Jamaica in the parish of Clarendon. My grandmother’s father was Joseph and he descended from a…

Understanding cultural diversity in the United States is vastly important when it comes to the modern dynamics and politics that shape the regions and the people who now inhabit and have inhabited the Western hemisphere long before initial European colonization as well the various ethnic groups that subsequently came afterwards in search of religious, political, and economic freedoms the vast American continent had to offer. With Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the year 1492, shortly after the…

Scandinavia Cuisine Introduction The Scandinavian countries include Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. These countries are located north of the Baltic and North seas, except Denmark and Iceland, and they share common borders. The population of the Scandinavia is mostly concentrated in the warmer south regions. The harsher northern areas extend above the Arctic Circle. Sweden has different climate zones. It has the widest range of agriculture that is concentrated in the south. It…

During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, Greece saw monarchies banishing of royalty, brutal political fights, assassinations, and dictatorships, wars that added neighboring territories and new population, but also brought economic devastation and poverty. After the defeat of Germany and the end of World War II, Greece joined NATO in 1952. Then, they experienced a hostile civil war between communist and anticommunist forces. In 1967, a group of military…

and yes, McDonald’s. In my high school, nutrition classes were not offered so I was never exposed to any nutrition education. I was very interested in cooking and baking in high school and I thought I was going to go to Johnson and Wales to become a pastry chef. However, my sweet tooth dwindled and I attended Rowan University as an undeclared major my freshman year to explore more areas of study. It was not the various courses I took at Rowan University that showed me that Nutrition and…

given minimal food in the camps. Many thousands died from starvation (The Nazi). In the movie, Shmuel is hungry and asked Bruno to bring him food, because is not getting enough food in the camp. Bruno brings him food and tells him he can eat the pastries in the house, which he gets in trouble for (The Boy). These living conditions, as terrible as they were, are accurately are shown in the…

Chemistry of Baking If there is one thing in the world that brings people together, it is food. No matter who a person may be, or what their background is, everyone can enjoy an excellently crafted dish. In particular, many people enjoy selections of pastries, sweets, and bread. There are hundreds to thousands of crafted desserts and bread around the world. When a person first bites into a macaroon, slice of asiago bread, or a perfectly-shaped chocolate chip cookie, they might not consider all…

Middle-Easterners are terrorists, African-Americans are violent, “white” people have guns and Asians are all smart. These are all stereotypes that affect people's everyday lives. Every person, young and old, is labelled with either positive or negative stereotypes. The three sources, “Hum” by Naomi Shihab Nye, “Behind the Bedroom Wall” by Laura E. Williams and “Do teachers treat children differently based on their color? Study says yes” by Yolanda Young show that stereotypes can control…

abundance of extra fruit in our backyard and distribute them to our extended family, friends, and neighbors. In our modest home, nothing was ever thrown away, and items would be recycled many times. At the age of nine I was serving hot coffee and small pastries at the walk-up window of the small Cuban café my parents owned. As the United States prepared to celebrate its bicentennial, in the afternoons with a small booklet in hand, I drilled my mother test questions to prepare her for the…