Monthly Archives: April 2017
Your Story, Our Stories – Narde from Azerbaijan
http://yourstory.tenement.org/artifacts/narde-from-azerbaijan – Nicole Rakhmanova
Your Story, Our Story – Li-lac’s chocolate tins
http://yourstory.tenement.org/artifacts/old-tin-mold
Silver Watch
http://yourstory.tenement.org/artifacts/silver-watch Before trying to escape from Vietnam in 1988, my mother received this silver watch from her best friend. They met each other in primary school, and fifteen years later, they had to go their own separate ways. In fact, … Continue reading
Deli & Grocery
Finding our second interview proved to be a lot more difficult than before. We made multiple trips to Jackson Heights walking in different directions every time. This gave us the opportunity to further explore the neighborhood. When we got off … Continue reading
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It doesn’t have to be “American” to be American / Item
Often when people categorize foods as “American”, they include foods that have been part of American history since its beginning. Foods such as oatmeal, cornflake cereal, and apple pie are just some foods that fit into such a category. When … Continue reading
Food Fights and American Values
Milk has long held a venerated role in American cuisine; establishing its medicinal value has long been used as a means to establish the superiority of American culture and substantiate the need for cultural assimilation. Interestingly, while domestic scientists condemned … Continue reading
What makes a given food “American”?
I think for a food to be considered American, it should be widely consumed by the country as well as invented in the country. When I think of American food, I think of packaged food. I think of a big … Continue reading
American Food is Every Food
I don’t really understand how there can be a specific types of food classified as American. Before reading the Gabaccia article, my thoughts of American food immediately went to hot dogs, cheeseburgers and fries. Yet, as I read on how … Continue reading
What is “American” Cuisine?
The discussion between what is “American” food has been a debate that my parents and I have had years. When I am with my family, “American” food is classified as anything that did not originate from India and was not … Continue reading
Week 9 reading response
As a child, I had the vague idea that a typical “real” American diet consisted of cereal for breakfast, pre-packaged snacks (think Lunchables or goldfish crackers) for lunch, and frozen TV dinners. Most decidedly American foods that come to mind … Continue reading
