LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE (1993) Notes: Miramax. 105 minutes.Tita: Lumi CavazosMama Elena: Regina TornePedro: Marco LeonardiRosura: Yareli ArizmendiWith Mario Ivan Martinez Director: Alfonso ArauProducer: Alfonso ArauScreenplay: Laura EsquivelMusic: Leo BrowerLanguage: Spanish with English Subtitles Summary: The story revolves around the illegitimate childTita, the youngest of three sisters who because of family traditionmust stay unmarried so…

Animal Cookies: A Child’s Substitute forFriendsKristi Folsom As the movie Eating (1990) portrays, many women of allages, backgrounds, shapes and sizes have problems concerning food.For many women in the film their problems spring from feelinguncomfortable around other women, especially those who felt theirmothers constantly criticized them. For others their problemsarise from not feeling accepted or…

The Entwinements of FoodMelissa Albert As a student of nutrition, food is always atthe forefront of my mind. It’s the topic of my classes and thesubject of most of my homework, not to mention the normal cravingsand thoughts of food I experience each day. As would be expected,the overall exposure to food during my school…

ReminiscenceVanessa Ross In all of my reminiscences about food. the one item most prominentin my memory is the frite sandwich. It is exactly as it sounds:a French-fry sandwich. A baguette, the length of my arm, had beensliced down the middle and thick “frites” or French-frieswere put inside. A HOT pepper sauce smothered the innards of…

ESSAY INDEX FOUNDATIONAL COMMENTARY “The Entwinements of Food”Melissa Albert offers an eloquent meditation on the subject ofeating. “Food and Higher Education”Alison Jameson discusses the value of food studies. “What’s with the Math?”Alison Jameson comments on unnerving statistics regarding thetime we spend eating. MEMOIRS “Reminiscence”Vanessa Ross recalls her first and last Frite episode. “French Food and…

Food and Higher EducationAlison Jameson The study of food is an excellent and pertinentaddition to higher education. Food is a facet in every part oflife, from one’s natural need to eat, to restaurants, eating disorders,advertising, and social activity. To exclude the study of foodand eating from higher education is to deny the importance ofan activity…

What’s with the Math?Alison Jameson The mathematical revelation that one spendsover two years, out of thirty, in his/her life consuming foodis upsetting. Utilizing about twenty thousand hours for chewingand swallowing food is disturbing due to the assumption that eatingis intrinsic to survival and is nothing more than an action fornourishing the body. Eating has even…

Slimy BonesAlison Jameson It was a typical Wednesday and the school bellswere ringing for lunch to commence. My friends and I all gatheredtogether and after three minutes of light quarreling we concludedthat Taco Bell would be the destination of choice for lunch. Wearrived and ordered, each of my friends ordering overcooked meatymorsels, and I ordering…

Evil FoodAlison Jameson Many women are captive to their own low self-esteemin the “thin” society in which they live. Women oftenblame their unhappiness and insecurities on objects and actions.The film Eating (1990) exemplifies this through a seriesof conversations taking place at a joint birthday party. Eating explainsthat eating, food, and weight are the villains and…

French Food and MeDavid Doran As I have mentioned in class once before, Iwent on an exchange to France during my sophomore year of highschool. I learned a great deal about the culture there, especiallythe part of the culture dealing with food. One of the stops wemade was at the Hard Rock Café in Paris.…