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Posts by Trina McCandless

Comments by Trina McCandless

"I usually shop at Trader Joe's and doing some interviews would sure be a good use of time while I'm waiting in that line! We've decided to do our video on CUNY Food-Fest instead, but thank you guys, these were all great ideas!"
--( posted on Nov 13, 2010, commenting on the post Video Idea: The Modern Supermarket )
 
"I don't know if you have had a chance to read Gastropolis or Appetite City, but they both have interesting information on what your looking at (at least on oysters). One of them also talks about an interesting development of the oyster era: the lower and upper classes could be found mingling in their favorite oyster bar."
--( posted on Nov 7, 2010, commenting on the post Class Distinctions )
 
"I really like the idea of using pizza with the variety of foods that make up the toppings- everyone's interested in pizza (or at least more likely to be so than in any other given meal or dish) so it seems like a great way to make an interesting and informative video. I'm interested to see how you will refine your idea. A possible thought is to focus on organic frozen pizza or pizza produced in a restaurant (either seem like they have their own special set of policies regulating them), or perhaps just consider mentioning how these products would have even more policies they must follow (good way to underscore the complexity you want to convey). A concern I have with your video is whether you really want to "drive that confusion home." I feel that this would likely involve making your video confusing. This is a fine approach to take if you feel that making an artful statement on the complexity of food policy is your goal; however, I think making a video that clarifies these concept for the viewers (a more concretely educational approach) would also be valuable."
--( posted on Nov 7, 2010, commenting on the post Video Idea: Tracing Policy Through Food )
 
"Thanks Olga, especially for the show references, that should be very helpful!"
--( posted on Nov 7, 2010, commenting on the post Video Idea: The Modern Supermarket )
 
"Thanks Jesse! I haven't ever seen that show, but I'll check it out- do you remeber the name of the show? All I've found so far is a food channel show on how to make donuts out of refrigerator biscuits. Which was kinda equally horrifying."
--( posted on Nov 5, 2010, commenting on the post Video Idea: The Modern Supermarket )