Julia & Julie

I thought this movie was so cute! I had already seen it before with my parents (because we're foodies), but it was better the second time around? Aren't all movies like that though? I enjoyed the stuff about Julia better because she's just an awesome person. Seeing her on screen made me want to cook and this past weekend I actually flipped through her cookbook to see what she had accomplished. My favorite scenes of her was probably the ones of her in the cooking school. Especially with her cutting the onions. She's adorable. And the relationship with her husband is what you expect love to be like.

The parts about Julie I didn't really like. A blog is not that easy to start and get followers/readers for. I should know. And then when he husband got mad at her, like seriously? She's your wife! Support her! That just angered me a bit. and why would you take on a task like that with a full time job? she barely had anytime to cook. Just not my favorite person in the movie.

Can a chef be an artist?

A chef can absolutely be an artist! Have you ever been to a restaurant where the presentation of the food on a plate is so mesmerizing that you don't want to stick your fork in it because it would ruin the beauty? Or, how about when you eat something and you have absolutely no idea what some of the ingredients are but everything just tastes like heaven? My favorite is when two or more ingredients that you never thought in a million years should be pared together, are and then it tastes amazing. I don't think a normal person, or a normal chef for that matter could come up with some of these food combinations. Only a artist could.

Babette's Feast

The book version and the movie version of Babette's Feast were extremely similar. The movie did a good job bringing to life important events that the book had stressed. In some scenes, like when all the food Babette had ordered arrived, you really got to see how horrified and worried Martina and Philippa were about the dinner being a sin. Also there were some Biblical references and how the food transformed them after the feast.

comfort food

my ultimate comfort food is probably white pizza. It reminds me of my camp and my favorite counselor and just a happy time in my life.

blueberry betty

Blueberry betty has been a tradition in my mother's family for a long time now. My mother got the recipe from my grandmother who in turn got it from her mother. After that, we aren't sure where it came from. We eat it on special occasions or when my mother just feels like making it. She always said it was really easy to make. It wasn't hard, but it wasn't as easy as she makes it seem. But, it was really interesting to make it for the first time by myself/with out my mother's guidance.

Blueberry Betty

• 1 qt. fresh blueberries
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup butter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2Ygyx_tD9w

"We're a Family Full of Foodies"

            In my family, we have had the same dinnertime routine for as long as I can remember. My mother cooks something amazing, I set the table and my father complains about being hungry. Then we all sit down together at our kitchen counter to eat.

           We talk about how our days went, what’s on the agenda for that week, and of course, I get a lecture about schoolwork. Sometimes this leads to my parents childhood stories which I actually enjoy hearing. . My parents and I are close with each other so I like spending time with them.

            I asked my mother to write down some typical things she gets at the grocery store every week and this was her list (it’s a bit vague but it’s better than nothing):

·      Potatoes

·      Onions

·      Veggies

·      Oranges

·      Apples

·      Bananas

·      Chicken (whole)

·      Beef

·      Pork

·      Salmon

·      Trout

·      Peanut butter

·      Nutella

·      Bread

·      Olives

·      Dried black beans

·      Pasta

·      Orange juice

·      Ice cream

·      Bagels

·      Deli turkey

My whole family is very passionate about food. Everyone in my family prides themselves with

the fact that they’ve eaten in 3+ star restaurants in Europe. I’ll admit, I’ve had some pretty awesome food over there. We’re also quite an adventurous family with food. We’ve all eaten things like escargot (snails, one of my favorites when done right), alligator, zebra, shark, octopus, frog’s legs, ostrich, buffalo, hippopotamus, wildebeest, eel, and barracuda. My dad has even eaten chocolate covered ants and fried grasshoppers when he was in Tijuana, Mexico. When we go out to dinner (usually only on special occasions or when we go visit my grandmother or go on vacation), we all pass around our plates to let everyone try what we ordered. My family overall just really loves food and everything that goes into making it. As my dad would say, “we’re a family full of foodies”.

Egyptian family

            The Egyptian family is a very traditional one. The whole extended family eats together often. In this family specific there are about 12 people. They ate a variety of foods during the recorded week. Some traditional Middle Eastern foods, and some food I wasn’t expecting them to eat.

             The family in total spent about $63.53, 387.85 Egyptian pounds. Doesn’t seem like a lot to spend on a whole weeks worth of food. Most of the money ($33.22) was spent on the meat, fish and eggs category. Meat was eaten a lot, including: chicken, lamb, and corned beef. Due to the large amount of meat, this makes the family seem slightly more on the wealthy side.
             They also used a ton of different spices. To me this is a very common trait in the eastern part of the world. I'm not sure what coriander seed is, but I'm pretty sure it's not commonly used in the United States. 

            But the section with the most variety of food in it is the fruits, vegetables and nuts section. The food in this category ranges from bananas to Jew’s mallow (a traditional Egyptian vegetable).
  

            Overall, the family doesn’t seem to have spent a great deal of money on food, but the variety and quantity of food is large. 

alien report

Sarah Potter

Dear Commander,

            I have now spent 3 days on the planet earth, at Rutgers Preparatory School and have been observing their dinning routines very carefully.  Inside their “cafeteria” they have all different types of food. They have this whole long table just for, what one small human called, “salad”. I don’t even know what salad is but the only people who seemed to be eating it were the older humans and some of the female small humans. Then there was another long table just for “sandwiches”. It had 4 different types of bread, 5 different meats, 3 different cheeses, and some other things I do not know the names of. At the end of this table there were these machines that flattened and heated the sandwiches. I didn’t know it was hot when I touched it. I have a severe burn on my left hand.

            Then the biggest section for the food had two different sides. They were serving some unhealthy things called hamburgers and French fries. You’ll never guess what a hamburger is made of, cow. These humans eat animals! I was so discussed. Apparently so were some other humans considering there were about 4 different options of this yellow substance called “pasta”. It was drowned in a butter sauce, I think. These humans eat disgusting things. More than half of the options in this cafeteria were unhealthy. I’m surprised no one dropped dead after eating some of the food. I will report back in 3 days.

            Corprol, Xenon