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Blog Entries by Fabio Parasecoli from 04/2012

Jiro Dreams of Sushi Becomes a Foodie's Dream

| Posted 04.03.2012
Read More: Documentary, Sushi, Japanese Food, Food Films, Food Culture, Food Porn, Sukiyabashi Jiro, Japanese Cuisine, News

You end up mesmerized by the sushi preparation, the supple movements that assemble it almost magically, the glistening textures of eels, shrimp, and fat tuna, the vapors of the kitchen, the whiffs of smoke from the burning hay that lightly grills the fish.

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Italian Jewish Food: Between the Global and the Local

| Posted 04.11.2012
Read More: Food Culture, Italian Food, Jewish Food, Food History, Italian Jewish Food, Jewish Cooking, News

A few years ago, I decided to celebrate a Jewish friend's birthday by cooking a special meal: the whole menu was composed of Italian Jewish recipes.

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Can Food Studies Make Us Better Shoppers?

| Posted 04.18.2012
Read More: Food System, Food Studies, Public Engagement, Sustainable Food Systems, Farmers Markets, News

Why does Food Studies attract students? Does it actually contribute to their education as individuals and as citizens? I do think that Food Studies can help us become better shoppers, and hopefully achieve much more than that.

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Daughters of the Dust: Food in an Independent Movie

| Posted 04.26.2012
Read More: Food, African American Food, Gullah, Independent Cinema, Movies, Daughters of the Dust, Food Movies, Food Porn, News

Julie Dash's masterpiece cannot be considered a "food movie" per se. It does not embrace the "food porn" aesthetics that tend to identify the genre.

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