Drinks on a Train
Food and drink as a barometer of society. It doesn’t get any better than this.
This is an oldie, but a goodie. No pun intended. Edible Geography almost always says it best.
I was in a group tutorial last term in which I wrote a paper on the the development of a local food ideology and language in New York City. The most influential players in the creation of this new jargon were various food world luminaries and the media.
It was a great research project, and it got me thinking on what may be the bulk of my work at Bennington: understanding the people behind the choices made at the supermarket, farmers market, specialty food market, restaurant, bodega and street vendor cart. Why do we eat the food they do, with the people we do, in the places we do? And of course, where does that food come from? Who made it? How much do they get paid? What’s in it? How much did it cost to make? How much was it sold for?
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