On Food & Culture
“Layering” happens when one element is placed over another so that we experience them separately and also together over time. Both film and food use the technique of layering to provide a dense and revelatory experience that pushes us beyond a one-dimensional and simplistic way […]
I burn this fire on the last day of the year. On a piece of paper, I write my ups and downs of 2013 and sign it. I throw it into the fire. In this last blog I’m going to simply list some favorite 2013 […]
“Ding-Dong The Witch Is Dead” is #1 on the British Music Charts. That’s a strong protest against the Thatcher policies regarding torture, immigration, union rights and health care. More interesting, though is that although #1 songs are played by the BBC radio, now the BBC […]
March 28 we served a 10-course Chef’s Texas Mexican dinner at the Aurora Picture Show. Family and friends came in from San Antonio and two chef amigos, fellow CIA alumni, flew in to help staff the kitchen. Being the first art exhibit ever to connect […]
Laura Varela sees things that others do not see, and as a documentary filmmaker, she shares her vision by exploring new styles in storytelling. She tells history with detail and force, and in her recent work, combines filmmaking with actual live art installations. “My work […]
The second in our series of essays leading up to the Food & Film art event in March. Stereotypes in Food and Film Stereotypes appear both in food and film. Sometimes they are employed for humor or satire and at other times they are a […]
This is the first in a series of posts about food and film, and how the two have similar artistic goals, production strategies and relationships with community. I include video when using the term, film. The series is leading toward March 28 when we will […]
I coined the phrase, “Paula Deen of Tex-Mex” in order to prompt debate and discussion about high fat, bad taste and diabetes. I will not be naming any Tex-Mex award recipients but rather asking you the question: what would be the criteria for such an […]
Food is direct cultural memory; it nourishes as it keeps us alive and connects us to the past — our own, our families,’ our communities.’ Our media is also direct cultural memory. It has the fierce ability to nourish our consciousness just as powerfully and […]
It’s a good thing that I’m feeling jumbled, riled, mixed up and chaotic. The protests against the corporate reality in which we live (corporations are persons now) are chaotic, which means powerful, energizing and substantive. Injustice is always served with food. So is justice. The […]