Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Blog Post 5

-Picking something you had no knowledge about prior, isn't as hard as you think.
- all the different recipes and foods from around the world that only exist in certain parts or are only current in certain places.
-Different traditions.

Friday, April 21, 2017

20 time ted talk

1-                https://www.ted.com/talks/ari_wallach_3_ways_to_plan_for_the_very_long_term


This TED talk created my attention in the beginning because the guy made a joke, not only a silly joke but a joke that everyone can understand. He starts the first 3 seconds with coming up with a word that he invented in the "spur of the moment" The guys attention and voice really attracts the audiences attention. I can use this in my presentation by using a loud voice and eye contact like-wise he did.


2- https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_bell_inside_america_s_dead_shopping_malls


This second TED talk caught my attention because he used  visuals; pictures AND videos. He helps the audience out if they don't know the meaning of his topic. He clears up the confusion quickly, which is something I took away from this video. In my presentation I will try to discuss exactly what my topic is about, and stereotypes about it.


3-  https://www.ted.com/talks/carrie_nugent_adventures_of_an_asteroid_hunter


This third TED talk caught my attention because she directly starts out with holding an odd looking object. She shows the audience the object which her whole talk is about so they'll develop a deeper knowledge before they hear more about her topic. She clearly shows the little 'show and tell" piece all around to show she's not hiding anything.  I could use this in my presentation by showing a piece of food I have cooked to help the audience see and maybe taste the meaning behind my topic.

Thursday, April 20, 2017

20 time- they say i say article


Cooking foods from all around the world could be pretty peculiar and odd to do…they say. Professionals who study

food and the nutrition’s cultures behind have many specific opinions and research to prove the topics questions. 

For example, Marco Bolasco and his former helpers have all done multiple research about foods around the world.

He states, “Eating fast is not at all part of our culture.” Bolasco generally studies foods which originate from Italy.

He has found out that more of the Italian foods are “relaxed” like, especially during any time of the day whether it

be three pm during the day or ten pm at night.  Anyways, many people in the food industry just in general believe

that food is what everyone has in common. Food is said to be what brings other people together… whether it be as

friends, family, or people from all around the world known as tourists. People in general make a lot of biased

assumptions about food from around the world. They say you get used to eating the same American food all the

time; like donuts or cheeseburgers. A lot of people don’t particularly like stepping out of their comfort zone and

trying foods they can’t  necessarily pronounce.

Jennifer Lee who coincidentally did a “TED talk” on food and the cultures behind them has a lot to say

about the “comfort” foods. She states that food contains not only a taste but a true meaning behind it. The foods

map who you are as a person, where we originate from, and what happened to us along the way. She has a very

strong side about Korean foods since that’s her own heritage. She says that what you want to cook and eat is an

accumulation and also a meaning that shows proof of your experiences. She also says that the foods show what

you have learned and where you have gone throughout your life. Also, a lady from New York University says

people will adapt to new cultures pretty wild and distinctively. Also the way you dress, because you want to blend

in or be part of a larger mainstream beliefs the things that are the most visible are the ones you let go, which is

pretty hard to just give up, both these two ladies have good quotes and backups with the beliefs they believe in.

Their widespread studies of nutrients from around the world give really good factual evidence to the reader.

                Everyone is engaged with food… which is pretty easy to agree or disagree with. But I say it’s the

purest thing that brings people together and creates a true conversation with others.  You shouldn’t let

other cultural opinions stop you from accomplishing your experiment. I say that people will change their

appearance to fit in with the cultural aspects you’re surrounded by. I mean every ethnic language and

culture that exist the people collaborated in them, they have their own traditions which I say is pretty

cool and unique- especially getting to learn all about them!! I mean from starting to learn when Chinese

fortune cookies became a thing in the 1800’s during World War II, to how they make foods from scratch.

Monday, April 17, 2017

4/17 20 time blog


My partner Emily and I chose to do field work. Our project is cooking all different foods from all around the world. Our second food that we have made this past week is called potstickers. Which I attached the recipe with this blog of the Pot Stickers. Emily’s uncle recommended this food which originates from China. We feel like cooking this food wont dramatically change our life like we thought it would. The cool thing we can say we did, was make a food from China even though it wasn’t exactly from scratch. It’s going to be difficult to get all of the ingredients for this recipe because we’re going to need to go to wide ranged grocery stores and maybe markets in Iowa. But we won’t give up on finding the correct ingredients and utensils to make it.  Emily and I are very determined about this project and won’t give up on finding more recipes too cook.

Friday, March 3, 2017

Blog Post 4

They Say I Say 20 Time Project                                               Cassie Calkins Period 6
            To start off with what my twenty-time project is… I want to cook foods from all around the world. Whether those foods originate from Greece, Japan, German and even Spain.  People say that cooking foods from all around the world is a very boisterous and out their idea. They mostly ask, why? It seems like so much work, too look up a bunch of random recipes. They also say that it seems very expensive. They say, what if you find a fish dish from Japan that you’re extremely interesting in cooking, and it adds up to be sixty to a hundred dollars to buy the ingredients. These people have very broad statements about the idea of cooking foods from all over the world.
In one of the articles, named “What Americans can Learn from Other Food Cultures”, demonstrates a Korean- American’s point of view about all of the cultures and foods displayed around the world. This man himself says that cultures do exist all around the world. The people who live in Korea say that “preferences are personally meaningful (meaning food), and can also be culturally meaningful.” They say that even though their food can migrate from Korea to the United States; where they currently migrated too, can have a completely different meaning to the people inhaling the food in a different country. That the people who make their own personal food for example America owns the name for Donuts and Cheeseburgers, that it’s not the same when someone basically “copies” their recipe and everything and cook it in a different country. People have meanings for their foods and some people abuse that definition. The article also states, “Most cultures don’t think about their cuisine in such monolithic terms… French, Mexican, Chinese, and Italian cuisines each comprise dozens of distinct regional foods.” I have also developed a superior knowledge of how civilians of their own country get very personal about their traditions and foods.       Too move on, I say that cooking all sorts of food whether those foods be desserts, little snacks, appetizers, or even full course meals will help be develop a broader and good sense of knowledge about all of the traditions and cultures that exist all throughout the world. I mean I think it’s crazy to think that thousands of miles maybe even millions of miles away, someone is doing something that I think is completely absurd and out there …when really it’s their everyday way of life in their ritual and lifetime. I say that learning about all of the millions of cultures that occur out there in the world is absolutely so unique and unordinary to do…

From reading this article I have developed many maybe inquiring questions about these traditions that I am hoping to find out later on. Some for example would be, has their traditions and foods developed over the centuries, in their opinion? 

Sunday, February 12, 2017

Blog Post 1



Blog Post 1
For my 20- Time Project I am really interested in cooking and preparing all different types of foods and deserts from all around the world. But not just boring foods from America like:  a hamburger, ice cream, steak, etc. I want to cook unique and interesting foods, that not only that I have never heard off but have never neither tasted nor cooked those ingredients before.  I want to learn about all different types of cultures and traditions that exist throughout the world. Whether the nourishments that I make are from Greece, Italy, Spain, Germany or even Japan. I want to expand my knowledge about all of the complex and motivating countries that exist.  Though, I have many inquiring questions about this experiment that I have come up with, I want to try to actually find the answers. I have already understood how I am already going to do this project. I know that I want to ask the foreign language teachers around the school about their own opinions; if they have any… on foods that they’ve made/tasted from foreign countries. I am truly excited to do a project that I’ve never really had the ability or the motivation too!

Friday, February 10, 2017

Blog Post 2

Cultured Food 

1: How do they sell the food in their countries?(market,shops,restaurants,or only at home)
2:What are the top cultures/places i want too cook from?
3: Are these foods international?
4: Can i get/obtain any resources( people that are familiar with that country) for their opinion on what to cook?