Food & Cultures
I wonder as I consider the aspect of lets eat more varied and healthy food of the food movement: one question always bugs me is where are these recipes coming from. Its not always about adapting our taste buds to agree to a different consistency or taste. Whether its more bitter or a starchy food. The ultimate goal seems to get people to buy, cook and eat healthier foods.
So, today again I found myself wondering who in the world created these recipes? Do they take in consideration historic and culture foods. I mean... we aren't just sharing once a year recipes, hopefully our audiences would adapt these recipes as part of their common dishes. That said do white or wealthy people actually sit down and eat this stuff - daily? (sorry to bring race into) The ultimate goal is to get people of low-income neighborhoods; which happens to be communites of color to buy, cook and eat healthier foods.
Some recipes hurt the let's eat healthier movement. Even when they have creative names. For instance:
Pita Pizza. Recently, a friend who teaches elementary shared a booklet that she got from Cookshop: a fresh food / financial literate program for elementary school kids sponsored by NYC Foodbank. One recipe they had was Pita Pizza!!
Who doesn't love pizza? right - wrong! I wouldn't bring this to my kids unless someone was paying me! The basic idea was an apple and green pepper tossed salad on Pita bread with Humus as the spread! Well they sure found a way to discourage me from eating that pizza.
So, today again I found myself wondering who in the world created these recipes? Do they take in consideration historic and culture foods. I mean... we aren't just sharing once a year recipes, hopefully our audiences would adapt these recipes as part of their common dishes. That said do white or wealthy people actually sit down and eat this stuff - daily? (sorry to bring race into) The ultimate goal is to get people of low-income neighborhoods; which happens to be communites of color to buy, cook and eat healthier foods.
Some recipes hurt the let's eat healthier movement. Even when they have creative names. For instance:
Pita Pizza. Recently, a friend who teaches elementary shared a booklet that she got from Cookshop: a fresh food / financial literate program for elementary school kids sponsored by NYC Foodbank. One recipe they had was Pita Pizza!!
Who doesn't love pizza? right - wrong! I wouldn't bring this to my kids unless someone was paying me! The basic idea was an apple and green pepper tossed salad on Pita bread with Humus as the spread! Well they sure found a way to discourage me from eating that pizza.
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