Food, memory, and family are inextricably tied to one another. The meals of our childhood canlinger on well into adulthood. When we visit family they often make us our favorite food.Recipes we learned from our family, friends, and other kinfolk become part of our own cookingrepertoire. We inherit cookbooks and recipe cards, even in this age of the internet andYouTube.For this assignment, you should pick a recipe for a dish that has a special place in your life. Itcan be a cherished family recipe, a favorite dish one of your relatives, friends, or special personmade for you. It can be a dish of your own that you are proud of and include in your owncatalogue of dishes. It does not have to be fancy or gourmet or ethnic. It can be Kraft Macand Cheese out of a box, or fried bologna sandwiches. As long as it has meaning for you.Once you have your dish, I want you to write a short (minimum 4-5 double-spaced pagesnotincluding works cited, 12-point font, 1 margins) research paper on it. Your report should havethe following information in it:1. Introduction where you introduce the dish, why you chose it, why it is special for you.2. Describe what the dish consists of and how it is made. This should be more descriptiveand less of a laundry list recipe.3. What is the history of this particular dish? Is it a recipe that has been in the family foryears? Did your mother invent it? Did it come from a cookbook, a TV show, word ofmouth?4. If this dish is similar to other dishes, how is it different and give a general history of thedish and how it varies. For instance, if it is your grandmothers chicken and dumplingshow is it similar and different from other chicken and dumplings? What are somecommon variations on chicken and dumplings? Give a short history of chicken anddumplings.5. A conclusion which should be a short reflection on what you have learned about thisdish and how it relates to family, memory, ethnicity, and identity and any other topicswe have covered (gender, socio-economic class etc).6. Works CitedSources: You can use online source, just dont use Wikipedia (you can look at Wikipedia to getideas of where to look, but do not use it as a source). You can use cookbooks and talks withyour family, friends etc. Please cite all of your work. Use MLA, APA, Chicago, whichever styleyou use for your major.
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