The 1991 film, Fried Green Tomatoes, follows the journey of Evelyn Couch, an unhappy housewife living in 1980’s Birmingham, Alabama who finds motivation to better herself and her life through an old woman she meets in a local nursing home. This woman is Ninny Threadgoode, a very old woman who meets Evelyn and begins telling…
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Una Storia del Cibo Italiano: An Analysis of Jamie’s Italy
Una Storia del Cibo Italiano: An Analysis of Jamie Oliver’s, Jamie’s Italy What is Jamie’s Italy? Who is Jamie Oliver? Jamie’s Italy is a specialty cookbook written by celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver, that focuses on the Italian culture and cuisine. Jamie Oliver is a British celebrity chef who credits his fame to writing many successful…
How Vegucated Are You?
A review of “Vegucated,” a documentary directed by Marisa Wolfson (2010): Sophia Cegledy & Madison Manns Key messages: The key messages of this documentary were targeted at attempting to get more people to adopt a vegan, or at least vegetarian lifestyle. One key message that was emphasized throughout the documentary was that going vegan, although…
Healthy Food, Healthy Life
Health issues related to food in today’s society: Two health related issues in today’s society that direct relate to food are obesity and child hunger. Obesity is important because it reduces a person’s quality of life and increases mortality rate since it is associated with so many diseases (cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer). Since obesity is…