Comments for Scenes of Eating

Comment on CSA Week 3: Taking it Easy by Tammy

Tammy — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:10:21 +0000

I love the idea of a clean out the fridge casserole. My clean out the fridge days usually end up in the form of a stir fry.

Comment on Dismantling a couple of strawfeminists in food discourse by Sara Davis

Sara Davis — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:54:18 +0000

I know. This book made me start a file into which I can make notes on different works and writings that feminists have contributed to conversations about food, food labor divisions, food production, food distribution, etc. etc. . . Not a small task to compile, and not the focus of my dissertation writing, but it would be a resource worth eventually making public.

Comment on Dismantling a couple of strawfeminists in food discourse by Sara Davis

Sara Davis — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:48:26 +0000

Oh, susanewp, how exciting! I read so much about that installation–good and bad–in my art history classes before I ever saw it, but I was completely unprepared for the experience of walking into the Brooklyn museum and being in the same room with it. It’s so big. So packed with information and care and minute beautiful details! I had a notepad in my hand because I thought I might write a little about it in my dissertation, but it’s really too much to take in on one visit. I just had to walk and look.
So cool to “meet” you. That’s a volunteer project that has had lasting impact, for sure!

Comment on Dismantling a couple of strawfeminists in food discourse by susanewp

susanewp — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:17:38 +0000

Thanks for the review and follow-up post. I really enjoyed them–and then, what a delight to see a reference to The Dinner Party Project at the end! I was a Project volunteer and one of my favorite parts was our weekly potluck dinner in the studio. Yeah, those bad, bad feminists and their hatred of making food for other people.

Comment on CSA Week 2: Grazing by Jo

Jo — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:44:18 +0000

Intuitive eating is definitely the name of my game. I can plan a bit now, so that I take hummus and veggies on a can’t-eat-much day, and a hugemungous bowl of chili when I need lot.

It’s been a very long haul, though, and I still have days where I “shouldn’t” be hungry – which is such a useless train of thought. I am or I am not: “should” has nothing to do with it, despite the years of body policing.

Comment on Dismantling a couple of strawfeminists in food discourse by Ethyl

Ethyl — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:06:12 +0000

Good lord this guy. Good to know that feminist thought on cooking and home life began and ended with Betty Friedan, who he didn’t even bother to read. Also good to know that we have Michael Pollan around to mansplain to us silly womenz how we are ruining the world, conveniently ignoring the vast body of feminist writing that exists on these subjects.

Good lord, this guy.

Comment on CSA Week 2: Grazing by Sara Davis

Sara Davis — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:55:47 +0000

I know the feeling. I Problem-solving makes me very hungry! Hangry, even. Depending on how messy the piece I’m editing is.

A few years back when I was regularly reading Shapely Prose and a few other sites, I heard about “intuitive eating” (eating what and when feels good) all the time. I don’t hear about it so often anymore, though maybe I’m not looking in the right places. But that’s pretty much how I have to roll. Paying attention to bodily feedback has also helped me *enjoy* food more, too.

Comment on CSA Week 2: Grazing by Jo

Jo — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:19:47 +0000

I’m with both of you on that. I’m a protein-in-the-a.m. person, too. I have had all-fruit smoothies for a quick breakfast before, and that works on errand-running days where I need just some sugar to get going, but for real brain work, I need protein. And lots of it. I was actually getting chicken dinners from a vendor at Market East for a while, and eating them either on the train (6:30 a.m.) or once I got to work (7:30). I also require vegetables, usually green ones. The chicken came with mixed veggies: steamed broccoli and cabbage, for the most part, and that combination held me until 1 p.m. or later.

It was hard, at first, to listen to what my body wanted and then go get it, but after practicing it for a while, it’s about all I *can* do. Regimented eating just gives me something to obsess over, and that’s not working – that’s distraction.

Comment on CSA Week 2: Grazing by joymanning

joymanning — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:42:08 +0000

I could not agree more that the best way to decide what to eat and what to avoid is to pay close attention to what feedback you get from your body. It’s harder than following a blanket system like “VB6″ but I think it’s the best way to figure out what foods really give us the best energy and sense of well being.

Comment on CSA Week 2: Grazing by Jo

Jo — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:40:50 +0000

Oh, well then, yes, that’s probably romaine. ^_^