Food Consciousness Teaching Critical Theory

Question: Describe about the Food Consciousness for Teaching Critical Theory. Answer: Part 1: The source of the story is the eminent novel The Gastronomical Me written by M.H.K.Fisher. In the story, the writer speaks of a huge variety of food items prepared by her mother and grandmother, on several, small occasions during her childhood days (Counihan Esterick). As the speaker walks down her memory lane she recollects how her mother and grandmother would cook dainty dishes, and how the irresistible aroma of the food items, would entice her as a child. Part 2: My sister has been too fond of different kinds of food, and thus she loved preparing new dishes on every weekend. Suddenly, one Sunday, she dusted off the pressure cooker, and decided to apply her cooking skills. She was highly determined to cook dainty steaks, and accordingly she placed the steak on the pan, marinated all its sides with olive oil, and fried it deep. Once the golden brown steaks were being distributed, she was highly praised by my mother and grandfather. Again, another day, as her friends were coming for a home party, she decided to surprise them, by cooking on her own. She was barely 15 at that time, and as she started dipping the chicken in the egg mixture and buttermilk, the crispy pieces of grilled chicken started looking too delicious. Once the lime juice and the ketchup were added, the crispy yet mellow chicken won huge applause among her friends. By the time, she turned 18, she earned so much popularity among her friends and family, that they would refer her t o be the cook of the house. The stuffed camel, Al Machboos, Al Harees are some of the traditional dishes that my sister was equally adept in cooking. While our families would organize picnics, my sister would only be chosen to cook all the dainty, mouth-watering dishes. Once we went to a restaurant, and ordered an extremely delicious bowl of tomato basil soup and Turtle bread. The taste of the turtle bread impressed her so much, that it aroused in her a natural inquisitiveness and enthusiasm to cook the dish on the very next day itself. The turtle bread which she made, groomed with thick onion tomato gravy, was one of the tastiest baked foods that my parents claimed to have tasted. Reference List: Abarca, M. (2016). Food Consciousness: Teaching Critical Theory Through Food Narratives.Food Pedagogies, 201-222. Counihan, C., Van Esterik, P. (2012).Food and culture: A reader. Routledge. Paddock, J. (2015). Household consumption and environmental change: Rethinking the policy problem through narratives of food practice.Journal of Consumer Culture, 1469540515586869. Smoyer, A. B., Blankenship, K. M. (2014). Dealing food: Female drug users narratives about food in a prison place and implications for their health.International Journal of Drug Policy,25(3), 562-568.