Food Geography Assignment Paper

Food Geography

Cultural Geography

Article Assignment Homework 1 20 points

Homework Rules: Must be typed, font size 12, and double spaced with ½ – 1” margins. To receive full credit, each question must be fully answered in your own words in a college level paragraph analysis. The majority of each paragraph response must be your own analysis based on information learned from the article, this is paraphrasing so you must cite the article. It is okay to use a direct quote once in a while but do not use long direct quotes or many quotes strung together to answer the questions. You must properly cite both direct quotes and paraphrasing using The Chicago Manual of Style (see the syllabus for examples). Any portion of your homework not properly cited will result in a ZERO for plagiarism (one sentence, paragraph or entire paper). No Exceptions!

Every homework assignment must include a bibliography at the end due to utilizing citations.

Ch. 2: Culture & Cultural Practices Article

Shortridge, Barbara G., “A Food Geography of the Great Plains.” The Geographical Review 93, 4 (2003): Pp. 507 – 529.

Discussion Questions

1. What is the Great Plains stereotypical meal? How does aspects of this meal relate to regional land use?

2. Why would the Southern Great Plains not choose to cook a roast?

3. Historically, if you served a JELLO dish it said what about you?

4. Did any of the articles results about food preferences in the Great Plains surprise you? (Read carefully as you must find and discuss at least one part of the research results that surprised you).

5. What aspects of the results did not surprise you (as in common sense & be specific)?

6. Assume that you can cook, what type of meal would you make for a visitor from a different region of our country? (describe in detail your meal)

7. What restaurant would you bring a visitor that had never been to Southern California?