Sean Dwyer
Week 2
1/22/17
WC: 246
“The upsurge was attributed to lower worldwide pepper production and greater global consumption, as well as to charges that sizable pepper supplies were being held by a few large interests.” Page 23 Financial Life of Food
“It is impossible that the most accomplished cook can please palates, till she has learned their particular taste…” Robert Roberts, Page 49
Owen, T. (2017, January 23). The Women’s March turnout is at 3.2 million and counting. Retrieved January 23, 2017, from https://news.vice.com/story/womens-march-turnout-is-at-3-2-million-and-counting
“Women, gender nonconformists and men took to streets across the country, one day after Donald Trump was inaugurated the 45th president of the United States, in support of women’s rights, LGBT rights, immigrant rights, civil rights, and many other things they feel are threatened by the incoming administration.” Different calculations from crowd estimation experts were presented to show, even with modest predictions, that the Women’s March was historically large. The text was useful for my project because it shows the vast number of attendees and describes the purpose of the march.
One might consider our congress “a sizeable pepper supply” failing to address the demand for a higher quality of service ironically due to “a few large interests.” The replacement of these essential processes rely on a consistent, collective shared interest to extract wealth in the transaction between provider and consumer. The profiteering of a spice that attracts the attention of enough consumers for investors to turn it into a futures market with an ambiguous history wastes the healing potential of a shared interest. Tompkins discusses the association of infection with the kitchen on page 42 and emphasizes the connection between the sink and draining the waste. The quote from Robert Roberts reminds me of Tompkins’ notice of vernacular shift between “kitchen talk” and “jabber” after revealing the cook is required to learn the palette (mind) of the household. Irish, African-american cooks, and women who prepared food were highlighted oppressed groups in the text. Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper, a text describing a woman subject to toxic routine in a functional, yet inhumane household who loses her mind through forced isolation and broken communication with her culturally abiding, emotional undeveloped partner. The Other Two by Edith Wharton addresses the potential power of exploiting a vulnerable image through an ironic ending of individual cultural dynamics comedically represented in a group. The Women’s March on Saturday celebrated individual cultural dynamics collectively as people seek to sustain their social sphere and environment through the recycling of kitchen sink gunk.