GEO 509 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Seven Deadly Sins, Hypothalamus, Chemical Substance

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEO 509
• Professor: Hersch Jacobs

Document Summary

Introduction: adverbial approaches to the geography of food; semiotics of food; Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom/ education is not putting it in a fruit salad. Hunger is a reflex; it is a necessity. Food in this course will be perceived as something beyond satisfying a hunger or a need. Olivia, wife of roman emperor, loved and eggs and chicken (eggs more). She hatched her own eggs by putting them in her bosom. The portuguese dish, pasteis de nata, is very popular and sought after. It is originally arab, from which they picked up as they were ruled by them along with some other parts of. Portuguese navy sought egg whites for fixing rigs excessively since they ruled the waters. So, their eggs yolks were used for this dish. Thomas jefferson lived in france so he brought lots of wine to north america. Being brought at volumes, they were stored horizontally, aging in the process.