Permaculture and Chocolate
Permaculture and Chocolate
Photo Source: https://kakawsana.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/el-cacao-es-un-facilitador-para-abrir-el-corazon-y-la-mente/ This component of the Case Study assignment asks each group to create short written explorations of the following disciplinary perspectives as they related to chocolate. Cultural Studies- Terroir and taste are multifaceted concepts. Both of which differ from region to region and person to person. It’s not just the soil, climate, or the ecology of a region that determines taste for individuals but rather a complex relationship of sensory integration and the emotional response certain foods evoke within us. For instance during class after we had eaten the Hershey Kisses my mind drifted back to my grandfather and the Hershey Kisses he would keep in his refrigerator in which he allowed himself one a night for dessert. Similarly Steve mentioned to the class something along the lines of “doesn’t the Hershey’s chocolate just remind you of a campfire and smores.”. Surely we both ate the same mass producedContinue Reading
Field Study
- 15 Oct 2015
Photo by Tess Warren
- 14 Oct 2015
- 22 Sep 2015
Day/Time Title of Talk Author/Speaker 10/3/15 1:00 pm A Wine Makers Look at Artisanal Chocolate John Scharffenberger 10/4/15 11:00 am Landscapes of Chocolate: Changing Tastes inContinue Reading
- 22 Sep 2015
Day/Time Title of Tasting/Exhibition Author/Rep Location/# of Exhibition 10/3/15 Raaka Chocolate Ryan Cheney 1st Floor 10/3/15 Theo Chocolate Joe Whinney 1st Floor 10/3/15 TazaContinue Reading
- 22 Sep 2015
I will give no chocolate at the festival the burden of being my favorite. Every new, bar at every new booth made from relatively “familiar”Continue Reading
Terroir +
- 22 Sep 2015
Photo Source: http://tablematters.com/tag/terroir/ What is your group’s preferred definition of “terroir”? Place based flavor(s) originating on the geographical indication of where said item was produced, the practicesContinue Reading
