Comments on: Food for Thought http://panoptiblog.com/2010/02/08/food-for-thought/ "I write in order to change myself and in order not to think the same thing as before." ~M. Foucault Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:10:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Food and Science | AP Language & Composition http://panoptiblog.com/2010/02/08/food-for-thought/#comment-787 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:50:46 +0000 http://panoptiblog.com/?p=1303#comment-787 [...] a conversation I started on my blog last year. In it, I linked to a blog post written by a doctoral student at Iowa State, who wrote back. A [...]

]]> By: Emily http://panoptiblog.com/2010/02/08/food-for-thought/#comment-411 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:18:44 +0000 http://panoptiblog.com/?p=1303#comment-411 You are correct – you only recommended the essay to me, not to a class.
I will be sure to let Christina know you appreciate her suggestions.

]]> By: Michael http://panoptiblog.com/2010/02/08/food-for-thought/#comment-406 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:33:17 +0000 http://panoptiblog.com/?p=1303#comment-406 Wait, I might remember the DFW conversation now. Did I just recommend the essay to you, rather than a class? That would make more sense…

Thank your roommate for the additional recommendation.

]]> By: Emily http://panoptiblog.com/2010/02/08/food-for-thought/#comment-405 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:19:39 +0000 http://panoptiblog.com/?p=1303#comment-405 My roommate also read What to Eat by Marion Nestle. Apparently, it takes the reader through the various aisles of the supermarket. She didn’t think it wasn’t as well written (which is why I didn’t suggest it earlier), but it’s probably worth a look if you’re trying for the non-veg perspective. I believe the author is a general nutritionist – possible professor of nutrition, public health, etc?

You actually did recommend Foster’s article for the footnotes (I believe it was introduced to me during a conversation about excessive footnotes), but it was worth the read, regardless.

]]> By: Michael http://panoptiblog.com/2010/02/08/food-for-thought/#comment-403 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:07:23 +0000 http://panoptiblog.com/?p=1303#comment-403 Emily: I hope my reasons for giving it to you weren’t specifically because it had excessive footnotes. But there certainly are a lot of them.

I’d forgotten about Kingsolver’s book! Thank you. Pollan’s is actually sitting within arms reach as I write this, but I’d also like to check out his other work. I would also like to find some from a non-veg perspective. I’m genuinely not trying to push some nutty-grainy agenda here, but I fear it would sound that way from the student’s point of view.

]]> By: Anastasia Bodnar http://panoptiblog.com/2010/02/08/food-for-thought/#comment-402 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:27:07 +0000 http://panoptiblog.com/?p=1303#comment-402 Thanks for the mention. I hope you’ll visit Biofortified again, and please post any comments you might have, it’s great to get conversations started.

]]> By: Emily http://panoptiblog.com/2010/02/08/food-for-thought/#comment-401 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:10:54 +0000 http://panoptiblog.com/?p=1303#comment-401 I love David Foster’s “Consider the Lobster”. I believe it was an example you gave me of an essay with an excessive amount of footnotes.
My roommate took a class last year that addressed some of these issues, so she recommends the following two books: Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan or Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolve.

]]> By: Nicholas http://panoptiblog.com/2010/02/08/food-for-thought/#comment-400 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:44:08 +0000 http://panoptiblog.com/?p=1303#comment-400 Just watched Food, Inc…. Wow.

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