FOOD-UE 1051 Lecture Notes - Sidney Mintz, Swedish Americans, Terroir
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Sutton, david, cooking skills, the senses and memory (f&c) sutton, david, cooking skills, the senses and memory (f&c) Siskind, janet, the invention of thanksgiving: a ritual of american nationality (usa) Berzok, linda murray, my mother"s recipes: the diary of a swedish american daughter and mother (web: taste memory/ cooking memory. Look at how tools are manipulated by people (not merely tools themselves like archaeologists), affect of technology (fresh pasta vs packaged), look at the future and past. A loss of memory skills, no instinctive connection between foods. Sidney mintz would probably say that our overreliance on technology will be the demise of our cultural skill and perhaps, culture itself. Has a nostalgic longing for her mother who recently died: tries to define self and trace swedish roots, 1st generation said to hold on to tradition, 2nd said to push away, 3rd said to rediscover.