Reading Journal 7

A Thin Line Between Mother and Daughter This article was really interesting because anorexia isn't just about food, it's about many things, it's self image and is even known as a disease of consciousness. Young girls are learning about 'Good' food and 'Bad' food, and this author has learned it from her mother. I absolutely can relate to this article. Girls learn that thin is 'good', just open a magazine or turn on your television. Not being thin is known as 'bad', when you relate your weight like that you transfer those thoughts to what is making you heavier which is food, labeling them as bad or good. I've never been a tiny girl compared to my friends and the pressure has always been there, but I haven't ever been anorexic. If anything I was an over eater, who use to eat junk food in a very out of control way. I labeled the food I was eating as 'bad' but that didn't stop me from eating it. This author labeled food as bad but she stopped eating it, this caused her to eventually be anorexic, which can be very dangerous and lead to death. At the end of this article she commits to a promise that if she has a daughter she will not let her daughter know about diets, good and bad foods, and I think this is a good thing. Everyone has so much pressure from outside sources you don't need it from your own mother, or anyone close to you, in that case.

Reading Journal 6

The Trouble with Fries The introduction explains how Ray Kroc loves making shakes, and finds out there are people who have a hamburger stand and it is basically the first 'fast food' type of thing. He loves it so much, especially the fries, he buys it from the two men, who just happen to be the McDonald brothers. Ray Kroc bought it from the brothers and that is how McDonald's came about. He was obsessed with fries. He said it was an art that he mastered into a science, but the fact is, fast food is killing us. The article moves on saying to make it better for us they should cook the french fries in a less dangerous oil, they even give an example of one, but do you really think these fast food chains are going to change the way their fries are cooked. Almost everyone enjoys them, whether from McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, etc! Too many people like them for them to change the way they make them. They said the only solution is to get another Ray Kroc who would try to make a health conscience fast food chain, which could happen, but I think most people would still go to the more popular fast food places, even though they aren't healthy, but I would love to try a healthy fast food burger and fries, but it probably won't even be created!

Reading Journal 5

Test-Tube Burgers

Just reading the title alone, made my stomach turn! EW! I'm sure it would be a great scientific achievement, like they state in the article, but I really do not want to eat meat that was made from a lab. It said in the article that people laugh at the idea, but to me that just sounds disgusting. I understand that the way we get meat now, is very bad for the earth and for the people on it, but it just doesn't sound right to have our meat test-tube made. If this ends up being the way meat will be made for us to consume, I really do not think I will eat it, and there is nothing better to me than a giant cheese burger!

Reading Journal 4

Strange Fruit: The Rise and Fall of Açaí

Ryan and Jeremy Black, two brothers from California, made açaí the new "superfruit", considering 10 years ago it was almost unknown to everyone outside of Brazil.  Açaí is suppose to have amazing health claims, but is that all a fraud? Oprah and Dr. Oz have taken their names off of the fruits marketing and you can no longer buy it online because of scams.
I don't think that this article gives enough details as to why it is falling. It tells you all about how it came to America and how Americans have embraced it, etc., but it says is falling and is a fraud, but gives very little details backing that theory up. I wish this writer had added greater details and information.

Reading Journal 3

Burgers à la Thomas Jefferson
This article is about Tod Murphy. He lives in Vermont and owns Farmers Diner. This diner is all local food, with reasonable prices for this economy. He loves how he has made a community and that they care for each other. He would like to set up multiple diners around the United States, but he doesn't want it to be like a chair restaurant, he wants it to be how his diner is now, just more of them.
I didn't really like how the article was written, with the whole question and answer style. It wasn't my favorite style of reading that I have read, and I think next time I come across it I will probably skip that article. I feel like  I wasn't reading an article it felt very boring and bland and the only information I got was from what people exactly said and that was it, which is fine, but I felt like the writer could have added additional information into the article if they hadn't written it so Q&A.

Reading Journal 2

Ordering the vegetarian meal? There's more animal blood on your hands

This article really caught my eye. I always thought being a vegetarian was a good thing. I am not one myself, but I do know many people that are.
This article said that being a vegetarian means that you would be killing more animals because you are taking environment and their food, etc. It also says that you would be killing your environment to make vegetarian meals.
Ploughing kills the snakes, lizards, and mice. Did you know that mice "sing" to eat other! Cute, right? but mice are being poisoned too, and dying a slow and painful death.
This article is set in Australia, and it advises us to eat Kangaroo. I think this is just a lose-lose situation. We're doing damage if were eating meat, and doing damage if we aren't. You will never see me, ever, eating a Kangaroo either!
This article was interesting but didn't really convince me that being a vegetarian is bad, and I think that was its main point to do so.

Reading Journal 1

The Pleasures of Food and Drink

This article is peoples opinions about food and drinks. This is why I really liked reading it. Different people commented on what makes both food and drinks so great. Alan Richman points out that there is no food, like his mother's home made meals, and I completely agree with him. There is nothing better than some home made comfort food. Rick Bragg also mentioned his mother's mashed potatoes and I can agree 100%! This article was a quick read and short and transitioned with paragraphs. If you like anything that they mentioned you could  click on the links that they give you, or scroll to the bottom and read them there. This article led me to The Guiltless Pleasure, because I really liked the short summary about his mother's mashed potatoes, I figured I might as well read the entire thing! I thought it was very funny and I liked it a lot. If there is more by Rick Bragg, I would love to read more of his things. The article was easy to read and very enjoyable. :)