In this part, the author Harriert writes about game, or hunting for food.
All the names of food is unfamiliar and it is hard to get the idea, but here are some names they gather to eat.
Watom coming the most gathered food, and Kwemnok, which I never heard before.
After some googling, I think watom is a type of berry,
As for kwemnok, I have no idea and i was not able to find out what it is,
The book uses so many jargon and readers need knowledge of that part to truly understand the book.
Anyway, the book also tells us about how Saltaman hunts too. One interesting point is how woman hunt.
They do not have access to bows and such, they lunges to catch their meals. A bakhonkaak, a creature that has sharp crow are captured by woman. Where man hunts for bigger games.
2016年1月17日日曜日
Book Review Food Rules: Hunting, sharing, and Tabooing game in Papua New Guinea
Hello all, I will be redoing my book review with Food Rules written by Harriet Whitehead.
This book was quite a surprise in a way that it covers more on a society side revolving around food.
Such as man takes food before woman and such.
The book is more of a an essay rather than a educational book out in markets.
Anyway the first Part is about rule that surrounds tribes those are "Dominated by a food complex" (Pg.42)
However the whole affair is extremely complicated, and they dictate what to eat, even when woman is pregnant.
I find it interesting that they made that culture, how it formed.
They even have a raid party called Biis, and they kill people for not sharing what they have got. It sound barbaric but it is very complicated that I was not able to understand fully.
Anyway this is part 1 review I was able pull out.
This book was quite a surprise in a way that it covers more on a society side revolving around food.
Such as man takes food before woman and such.
The book is more of a an essay rather than a educational book out in markets.
Anyway the first Part is about rule that surrounds tribes those are "Dominated by a food complex" (Pg.42)
However the whole affair is extremely complicated, and they dictate what to eat, even when woman is pregnant.
I find it interesting that they made that culture, how it formed.
They even have a raid party called Biis, and they kill people for not sharing what they have got. It sound barbaric but it is very complicated that I was not able to understand fully.
Anyway this is part 1 review I was able pull out.
2015年12月29日火曜日
Hey long time no see
I've been slacking for ages now which is a very sad thing, continuing something is very hard isn't.
Anyway, I went to a restaurant in Westin Hotel called Ebisu.
The restaurant Ebisu is a teppan-yaki restaurant, where chefs cook in front of you, which is quite exciting to see the experts handling foods.
Here is the cover and inside of the menu they have.
The cover, which is very well crafted.
And here are some of courses offered.
As you can see the menu is written both in English and Japanese, very convenient for both customers and waiters because the restaurant is in a very fancy hotel.
The pricing, yes the pricing is high but I assure you that it is worth every penny.
Anyway here is some food, which a chef will cook.
This looks little but trust me, it is a lot!
And this is a picture while a chef is cooking.
And this is the final product.
The beef is a Wagyuu, or Japanese beef, which is quite premium in food industry.
The white powder is a salt which came from England. Very fine salt matching beefs.
Awesome thing about the restaurant is you can enjoy conversation with the chef!
That is because chef cooks right in front of you.
After you enjoyed the fantastic meal, you get some desserts.
With coffee or tea, which you can choose.
Since they know my mother and I, they invited us into a free room, which you have to pay usually.
Overall the food and atmosphere is impeccable. So if I had a scoring sheet, they would receive all stars I can give, or full score of 100/100, whatever is the highest score there is.
I truly think that quality of food is important but what more is the quality of waiters and chefs.
If chefs where grumpy, you would not be pleased, and if waiters were lazy, nothing gets done.
SooooooooooooOOO, I loved it. :p
Anyway, I went to a restaurant in Westin Hotel called Ebisu.
The restaurant Ebisu is a teppan-yaki restaurant, where chefs cook in front of you, which is quite exciting to see the experts handling foods.
Here is the cover and inside of the menu they have.
The cover, which is very well crafted.
And here are some of courses offered.
Some menus do have piscine, or fish in otherword
As you can see the menu is written both in English and Japanese, very convenient for both customers and waiters because the restaurant is in a very fancy hotel.
The pricing, yes the pricing is high but I assure you that it is worth every penny.
Anyway here is some food, which a chef will cook.
This looks little but trust me, it is a lot!
And this is a picture while a chef is cooking.
And this is the final product.
The beef is a Wagyuu, or Japanese beef, which is quite premium in food industry.
The white powder is a salt which came from England. Very fine salt matching beefs.
Awesome thing about the restaurant is you can enjoy conversation with the chef!
That is because chef cooks right in front of you.
After you enjoyed the fantastic meal, you get some desserts.
With coffee or tea, which you can choose.
Since they know my mother and I, they invited us into a free room, which you have to pay usually.
Those cusiony chairs allows you to enjoy food.
Posh looking alluring food
Overall the food and atmosphere is impeccable. So if I had a scoring sheet, they would receive all stars I can give, or full score of 100/100, whatever is the highest score there is.
I truly think that quality of food is important but what more is the quality of waiters and chefs.
If chefs where grumpy, you would not be pleased, and if waiters were lazy, nothing gets done.
SooooooooooooOOO, I loved it. :p
2015年10月22日木曜日
Hullo! no hi all, this blog is about review of a food book and maybe some food. No promises on Food, so don't quote on me for this.
Anyway first thing first, I will be reviewing a book called First Food Nation written by Eric Schlosser.
The subtitle is "The dark side of the all-american meal". Cleary showing the book is criticizing rather than praising it. This remind me of a film called super size me. Hmm, marvelous.
So, I will be cutting this post here because to be honest I don't have too much ideas to write here. Next time I will try to find something to write. Stay tuned, or not.
Anyway first thing first, I will be reviewing a book called First Food Nation written by Eric Schlosser.
The subtitle is "The dark side of the all-american meal". Cleary showing the book is criticizing rather than praising it. This remind me of a film called super size me. Hmm, marvelous.
So, I will be cutting this post here because to be honest I don't have too much ideas to write here. Next time I will try to find something to write. Stay tuned, or not.
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