Digesting Food Studies—Episode 118: Reading Menus as History
https://rss.com/podcasts/digesting-food-studies/2637411/

What’s on the menu? A lot, it turns out, and we’re not just talking about hors d’oeuvres and tasting combos. From gravy stains to hand-written notes, menus are an important source of information about cultural histories, social patterns, and human migration.

This episode considers menus as historical records. Alexia Moyer shares excerpts of meal planning from Northern Cookbook, and guest Koby Song-Nichols explains his 4-part methodology for menu analysis, discussed in “Can Historians Order off the Menu?” from Canadian Food Studies. (https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v11i2.682).

And, serving up a scoopful of DFS afters, Anson Hunt weighs in with his perspective on Koby’s article and the ways that menus bridge conversations between front, back, and middle of house.

#DigestingFoodStudies
#FoodPodcast
#Menus
#FoodHistory
#Restaurants
#Cooks
#Kitchens
#CanadianNorth
#FoodStudies
#Academia

#SolarPunkSunday musings...

So, in contemplating my own vision of a #SolarPunk community, there are some *jobs* that imho are crucial to running any type of close-knit community /society...

1. People trained in #FirstAid / #MedicalArts -- for both humans and non-humans
2. #Plumbers
3. #Carpenters
4. #Masons
5. #Blacksmiths / #Metalworkers
6. #Architects / #Planners
7. #Foresters / #Foragers
8. #Gardeners / #Farmers / #FoodProducers
9. #Menders / #Cobblers / #Clothiers / #Seamsters / #Tailors
10. #Chemists / #Alchemists
11. #Herbalists / #Compounders
12. #CitizenScientists / #Observers
13. #Potters / #Ceramics experts
14. #Computer / #Technology fixers (especially #electrical and #solar)
15. #Mothers / #Caregivers
16. #Teachers / #Librarians
17. #Cooks
18. #Cleaners
19. #Weavers / #Spinners / #FiberArtists

Other suggestions?

IN THE #APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS,
#Chefs Are Cultivating Their Own Narrative

The region in #NorthCarolina is home to a burgeoning #food scene, where #cooks are rewriting notions of the past while relying on the land that surrounds them

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Cooks’ Wages Jump About 28% While Chef Employment Nearly Doubles Since 2020, OysterLink Finds

OysterLink analysis of BLS data shows cooks earning $683 more per month since 2020, while chef employment has surged nearly 80% in four years. Oc…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Cooking #about #chef #cooks #employment #finds #jump #nearly #oysterlink #since #wages #while
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2324526/cooks-wages-jump-about-28-while-chef-employment-nearly-doubles-since-2020-oysterlink-finds/

It's October, which means it's almost #Thanksgiving here in #Canada. [1]

One of the traditional meals at Thanksgiving here is turkey. And I thought of that because I roasted a chicken this week. More specifically, I thought about how magical it is that many #chefs and #cooks and plain old folx can carve a #chicken or #turkey and have it come out as beautiful, even slices of white #meat, and lovely whole #drumsticks or wings, or what-have-you.

Because when I carve a bird, it looks like I did it with a #chainsaw. Or possibly a #lawnmower.

[1] Yes, it's ~6 weeks earlier than USA Thanksgiving. For much of Canada, the only harvest we could be grateful for in #November is #snow.

Edit: fix late-night thinko/typo.

#carve #carving #serve #serving #poultry #roast