...Soul Food Junkies This film was an eye-opener in so many ways to me. There were some parts where I was laughing, like when he was bullied into eating turkey neck, then admitting how delicious it was, pork juice and all; and on the other side of that I was getting choked up when he discusses his father losing his battle with pancreatic cancer. It’s real and it forces the issues surrounding health and wellness amongst African Americans. I heard several questions where explored in this film such as; whether or not his father’s death was a result of his deep love of soul food? Is soul food really “death food” as proclaimed by Dick Gregory (African American comedian and civil rights activist who was featured in the film)? Do fried foods increase your risk of exposure to carcinogens (an agent directly involved in causing cancer)? Filmmaker Byron Hurt of “Soul Food Junkies” does a good job at exploring all of these questions and more by speaking candidly with health professionals, family members, cooks, scholars, and everyday people off the street. This film is way more than just discussing the goodness of fried chicken, collard greens, sweet potatoes, mac ‘n cheese, and chitterlings. It digs deeper into the history of African American soul food and the effects it can potentially have on our health. This film also takes a peek inside the issues regarding a lack of health food options available within lower income communities. One woman stated that “the vegetables look like they’re...
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...Coming from a different country to America is a big change for many. Immigrants usually have problems finding food they like. The process of getting native food they are accustom to, can be a difficult task. America being a well-developed country has African stores, African restaurants, and foods that are similar to that of other countries. While shopping at Wal-Mart one day, I noticed a lot of food ingredients on display that were similar to the traditional African ingredients, but were labeled southern. At a gathering for thanksgiving, some of the food prepared looked a lot like the dishes from Nigeria. After a discussion with the host, I had learned that the dishes are called Soul Food. Being curious I googled Soul Food, and how it came...
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...In the film Soul Food Junkies by Byron Hurt, several spokesmen remark on soul food’s relation to Black culture, one of whom includes activist Dick Gregory, who claims soul food should be called “death food” due to its health concerns. In addition to this comment, the relevance of diet in regard to the advancement of Black culture is also attacked. According to the movie, soul food acts as a “cultural retardant” to Black culture because of its slave roots, however, the definition of the advancement of culture is not elaborated any further. Styles of food preparation are passed down throughout generations regardless of the connection between its history of slavery and people. Ingredients used are usually derived from crops that were widely available...
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...When I think about food the first thing that comes to mind is taste, smell, texture, color and flavor. I think of my creations as a masterpiece. A form of art that takes time, patience and love. Food plays a crucial role in my life; it doesn't just fuel my mind, body or soul it defines me. It takes me on a road trip where I can transform basic ingredients or not-so-basic ingredients into a disaster or into a mural that is fascinating and soothing to the eye. The dishes I create take me on a remarkable journey that leaves an everlasting impression of memories and stories. Can you say the same? Maybe not, maybe yes. Either way it goes let's imagine it can together. I remember the first time I tried my grandmother's Rice pudding. The memory is still fresh on my mind. The rice was sticky and creamy, raisins were ripe and perky, and the smell of the cinnamon indulged my senses, with each and every waking bite the pudding did a tantalizing salsa dance on my tongue that I will never forget. The very next day I asked my grandma can she teach me how to make her rice pudding, at first she was reluctant but eventually she gave in. The most important lesson that my grandma taught me, was in order to make this pudding successful, the rice had to be just right (no Uncle Ben's) this was drilled in my head over a dozen one times, no excuses. "Today as I stand over a bowl of cold water and rice, scrubbing, (Dash, 140) I felt a strong presence watching over me just like Dash felt when her Aunt...
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...You might be from Mobile if… Mobile Bay Local If you were born and raised in Mobile there are a few things that only you may understand, and that’s ok. The rest of the country may not get why we do (or eat) certain things but that’s what makes Mobile the city it is... a place rich in culture with a side of fried oysters. You think of MoonPies as their own food group Ok, maybe not entirely but chances are your momma put one in your lunchbox or she had a box in the pantry. These delectable little marshmallow, chocolatey treats not only have their own store in downtown Mobile but every New Year’s Eve one is dropped from the Trustmark building. Your Mardi Gras is better than anyone else’s Mardi Gras Regardless of how big and fabulous the “other one” is, the Mobile Mardi Gras will always be your favorite and not because of the throws (example: the Moonpie). Mobile is the birthplace of Mardi Gras meaning we’ve been celebrating it over 300 years....
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...Business Plan Alvin Northcross ACC/220 2/10/2013 Rebekah Runyan Business Plan Al’ café will be a Soul Food themed restaurant located at Florissant Square, Missouri. The theme was decided upon after an extensive market survey. The emphasis of Al’ Café will be on multiple cuisines, especially Soul food and Southern style food. The ambience will give a real picture of the African American contemporary style of living. Al’s Café is a venture by Northcross Inc., a company operated by four entrepreneurs who have a very good understanding of the current restaurant industry trends. Their joint labors in the formation of Al’s Café have helped to produce a comprehensive strategy that will include the essential fundamentals necessary to thrive in today's economical eatery environment. Strong market exploration and target market assessment propose that Al’s Café will be situated to cater to an unsatisfied market section. In addition, years of operational and marketing experience have been organized and documented to create a comprehensive blueprint for success. Proven marketing techniques and operational systems will allow management to be proactive to the conditions and obstacles associated with opening a new restaurant. (Restaurant Owner.com, 2013) In closing, we feel the business plan for Al’s Café signifies an accurate expectation of success for all the stakeholders involved. Moreover, we will be providing an advantage to the public by providing secure jobs and a respectable service...
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...Jingle Bells and a Cake Lights! Snow! Santa! It was that time of year again, my favorite holiday, Christmas. My mom, two of my brothers and I all decorated the house, inside and out. Our house was so nice and filled with Christmas colors. Our tree, garage, front door, and driveway were all covered with bright LED lights. I decorated a green reef with ornaments and bows to put up on the door. It was my mom’s idea to put a red bow on the mailbox. We had three plastic reindeer outside, two standing up and one down looking like it was eating grass. After all since it does snow a lot in Richmond we had a white Christmas. The snow is was so fluffy and soft that it felt like soft marshallows that will melt in your hand. The snow was perfect for the snowman we made to put up. He was a traditional snowman with the black pebbles for eyes, a carrot for a nose, and long branches for arms. To change him up from the rest of the snowmen my brother put one of his own black cardigans around the snowman. On the inside of the house we had a big 10 foot tree. It had lights spiraled around it, globe ornaments that were different colors (but they all matched, nothing tacky), little angles dangling and a nice white star at the top. Those decorations took a lot of work, but it was worth it. My family came to my exquisite city of Richmond, Virginia. All my cousins, my grandparents, my uncles and aunts even family friends came over to my house. It was a celebration. Not just a celebration of giving...
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...LUNCH PRICES Elementary Middle High Adult ___ $2.00 $2.35 $2.50 $2.75 A La Carte Items String Cheese Yogurt/Capri Sun Water-8 oz. Sunflower Kernels Low Fat Ice Cream Juice Bar Pop Tart All Crackers $.50 $.75 $.50 $.60 $.65 $.50 $.60 $.50 Broward County Food and Nutrition Services FEBRUARY 2013 Elementary Lunch Parents are encouraged to prepay for student meals at link: http://www.Schoolpaymentsolution.com Go Ethnic-Go Healthy! The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Obesity Guidelines recommend trying different ethnic cuisines to give you a treat while counting calories and fat. Many ethnic cuisines offer lots of low fat, low calorie choices. Below is a sample of healthy terms to look for when making choices. Chinese- Steamed, Jum (poached), Kow (roasted), Shu (barbecued), choose dishes without MSG Greek- Tzatziki, whole wheat pita, Greek Salad, souvlaki, plaki, dolmos) Indian- Dals (legume based dishes, birynas (rice based dishes), vegetable curries, tandoori chicken Italian- Red sauces, primavera (no cream), piccata (lemon), sun-dried tomatoes, crushed tomatoes, lightly sautéed, grilled. Latin-Spicy chicken, black beans, salsa, picante, soft tortillas, gazpacho, Vera-cruz styles dishes (tomato based) 4 MONDAY Low fat and fat free milk served daily. TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 1 FRIDAY Oven Baked Chicken Patty/Wheat Bun BBQ Pulled Pork/Wheat Bun Garden Fresh Entrée Salads Sweet Potato Fries Steamed Corn Fruit Blend Juice Golden Baked 8 Chicken...
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...Culture struggle In the story “Everyday Use” Alice Walker clearly depicts two contrasting meanings of heritage through characterization and symbolism of her two daughters, walker highlights the difference between two interpretations of African American culture and heritage. The gist of the story in “Everyday Use” is how mama bit by bit rejects the superficial beliefs of Dee, her older and extraordinary daughter in admiration of the values about heritage from her less fortunate daughter Maggie. With a more profound thought walker is going into the contrasting culture and heritage of African Americans and superficial African Americans. Mama narrates the story, Ms. Johnson or “Mama” is a woman whose everyday life is part of her culture and heritage. Mama describes herself as, “a large, big-boned woman with rough, man working hands. In the winter I wear flannel nightgowns to bed and overalls during the day. I can kill a hog as mercilessly as a man”(155). With knowing that only has a second grade education we can say that she has no choice but to follow tradition and heritage, and stay in the home like she grew up in and work the field as other before her did. Even as mama is more or less forced to do so, still she has a great understanding and value of the concept of heritage and culture. In knowing Mama’s love and compassion for her heritage she gives the quilts to Maggie, because Dee wants the quilts to preserve and display her heritage of her ancestors. Mama gives the quilts...
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...Tamika Akins Gail Kerzner English 1010 10/8/2015 My mother, Evelyn, is your average woman who has a huge inspiration in my life. If it wasn’t for her I wouldn’t be the individual I am today. Her skin is a light brown tone similar to Mrs. Obama. She has short, curly black hair. Her aroma smells like floral fruity fragrance from the perfume Wings by Giorgio. Also, she wears prescription glasses over her small dark brown eyes. Her movement is an average pace, unless she’s in pain or is tired. She likes clothes that goes with the occasion. It could be fashionable or an informal attire. She dresses casually, usually wearing pant suits in different styles and colors. Her favorite pant suit is her pink suit with white stripes. My mother has a distinctive voice. One minute her voice is undemanding, and the next minute thunderous and terrifying. When she laughs or cries too hard she has back spasms. Old R&B music and gospel music are her favorite genres of music. Some of her favorite artists are: Babyface, Maria Carey, Tyrese, Toni Braxton, Patti Labelle, Kirk Franklin, and CeCe Winans. She dislikes country and rap music. Her appetite usually craves for seafood and a nice salad. She loves scampi, shrimp, and fish. Her favorite restaurant is Red Lobster, especially when they do their endless shrimp special. My mother is also a great cook. I love when she cooks her collard greens. The key to her collard greens is the seasoning accent, and the...
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...the very top of the food chain by accident. We are the smartest and really do have dominion over all over things on Earth. But, this is a double edged sword; although we are the rulers and have a partial right to most animals (like eating them for sustenance), we are responsible for their well-being. Whenever a natural disaster happens or something puts animal life at risk, it's our duty to help them. And whenever we do something that has a byproduct to the environment we are fully culpable and are required to do everything we can to right our wrong. I do believe that we are the smartest and most advanced organisms (at least as far as we know) and rule the animal kingdom; but our wonder may be outdone by the natural awe of nature. Like the power of a volcano or the full force of the ocean. To answer what we know as the truth, a classic answer would be God. But on a smaller scale we realize that we actually have proof for very few things. Can we really prove that what we see and feel aren't just figments of our imagination. There is a common theory of what if my red is your green and vice versa. Things like this we will never know or have proof of. Although we don't have conclusive proof that anything is real, it is much simpler to believe that it is. So going from there, a lot of what we think is true is based on what is easier to believe, what we believe feels better, or what we hold true from tradition. I think that when we are conceived, our souls are created uniquely...
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...Comparison and Contrast Paper Founder(s) of the religion There are five major religions of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism have a different origins. The founder of Christianity was Jesus Christ. He was born in Bethlehem around 6-4BC. He was the son of Joseph and the Virgin Mary and in his early years most like trained as a carpenter under his father. Around the age of 30 he was baptized by John the Baptist and at the moment it was said the heavens opened up and God proclaimed that Jesus was his son and resulted in the beginning of his ministry and established a group that he called the twelve apostles. It was around this time where Jesus spent forty days and nights wandering the desert avoiding three temptations from Satan; hunger, power and faith. On Passover, he shared the last supper with his disciples when Jesus was arrested and condemned to death. On the third day, he resurrected from the dead and on the fortieth day after his resurrection, Jesus appeared, told to spread His word and ascended into heaven. The founder of Islam is the prophet Muhammad. Muhammad was born in 570 AD in Makah. In this early life, he was raised by his grandfather and after he died, his uncle. He later wed Khadija and lived a prosperous life. While making a retreat to a mountain cave, he was visited by a presence which left him in awe and was instructed to recite words which would be the foundation of the Qur’an. After a number of years, he...
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...Life After Death. What the specification requires: • An examination of the arguments for and against life after death. • Reincarnation. • Rebirth. • Resurrection. • Immortality of the soul. Introduction. Humans have refused to accept that this life is all we get for thousands of years. As a result of this refusal, humans have developed various theories to explain that when our bodies cease working, there is some kind of existence that takes place after this. Obviously, before getting into this debate, it is important to agree on what is meant by the word ‘death.’ ‘…when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone…an absolute and total loss of the brain function that cannot be reversed.’ This is a medical definition and is based upon medical methods of determining physical (brain) death. These methods are generally the use of an electroencephalograph (EEG) to determine brain function, an examination of pupil size and reaction and obviously, a check of blood flow (pulse), heart beat and respiration. It is generally accepted that once a body exhibits brain stem death, i.e. that there is no activity in the most primitive part of the brain, that death has occurred. What makes a human being? Theories concerning life after death are all interested in whether or not there is a part of the human body which survives the death of all the physical parts and where (or indeed when) it goes. There are a number of theories...
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...Just individuals : In his book ‘The Republic’, Plato searches for justice within the individual and what makes a person ‘just’. By comparing his sense of what is just at a political level and what is just at a psychological level he suggests three virtues of the individual which will make that particular person just. The virtues of wisdom, courage and moderation are common to both a just and the fictional just city of Kallipolis. This artificial city has the pre-determined virtue of being just – he does this in order to understand what justice is for the individual because Plato thinks that ‘a just man won’t differ at all from a just city in respect to the form of justice; rather he’ll be like the city.’ (Republic 435b) In the just city Plato creates three classes: the producers, the guardians and the rulers. Each of these three classes has a certain virtue it has to display to fulfill the ‘just city’ pre-requisite that Plato has placed upon Kallipolis. The rulers are required to exhibit wisdom so that ‘a whole city established according to nature would be wise because of the smallest class and part in it, namely the governing or ruling one. And to this class, belongs a share of the knowledge that alone among all the other kinds of knowledge is to be called wisdom.’ (428e-429a) The wisdom enjoyed by the rulers would be used to ensure that the city has ‘good judgement and [be] really wise.’ (428d) The guardians (soldiers) of Kallipolis would be educated in order to absorb...
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...constitution of the human being is often classified into two parts: the body and the mind or soul. Whereas these two aspects of the being, supernatural and physical, are often considered two inseparable parts of a whole, they are regarded, rather, as distinct features in both the novels, Perfume and Hunger, that work together in order to form the complete individual. However, though the particular relationships between the individual’s corporeal body and the metaphysical mind or soul in these two novels are portrayed similarly in a number of aspects, they are not without their unique attributes. A distinct correlation between the portrayal of the body and the state of the individual’s internal being is seen to be present in the context of both texts. Grenouille, in the novel Perfume, is described, even from infancy, as having “…eyes…of an uncertain color, covered with a kind of slimy film…” (Suskind 16) and a nose “…like the cups of…[a]…small meat-eating plant…” (Suskind 17) It can be seen here that his abnormal and parasitic tendencies have been reflected in his physical appearance, as it is throughout the book. Because the eyes are commonly described as the window to the soul, the fact that his eyes covered by a film, is symbolic of the abnormality, or rather, absence of his soul; just as his eyes are tools for vision that are not fit for sight, they are also the supposed windows to a soul that does not exist. Moreover, his nose, the very thing that defines who he is, is compared...
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