Posts Tagged ‘food fiction’
Fall Term Reflections
Posted by: annieem on: December 14, 2008
Well, writing instructors often make their students write self reflections at the end of the term (Such as, How many hours did you spend on this class each week? Which of the course outcomes do you think you’ve best met and why?; and, the one they all, rightfully, groan at, If you were to revise [...]
Preaching the Gospel of Reading
Posted by: annieem on: December 8, 2008
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I just finished doing a run through of my presentation on Oprah’s Book Club that I’ve titled “Preaching the Gospel of Reading” (not exactly an original title considering all the essays on OBC that use variations on that title), practicing for the Wednesday morning presentation. I finally found a clear, and [...]
FAF (Friday at Four) and Food Fiction’s Feast
Posted by: annieem on: December 5, 2008
Today is the last day of classes for fall term before finals week (not that most of us actually have classes on Fridays, but you get my drift), and today at 4pm is our informal department FAF (Friday at Four). FAFs used to be quite common for our department when I first arrived here nearly 14 (OMG) [...]
Food Studies: What a Major That Would Be!
Posted by: annieem on: December 3, 2008
I just received this e-mail from my Penguin representative: the venerable book publisher has a new catalog out focusing on textbooks related to Food Studies!
Thank you for your continued interest in Penguin Group (USA) titles, and for sharing your ideas and comments with us. I’m pleased to present our 2008-2009 Food Studies catalog which includes [...]
Books That Cook! My First Food Fiction Course
Posted by: annieem on: December 2, 2008
- In: Academic Life| Books| Teaching
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One of my favorite blogs, Bitch, Ph.D., posts recipes once in a while, and the most recent recipe posting included one for what looks to be a delicious pumpkin cookie: I can’t wait to try making them, though my baking/cooking skills are, not to be too humble, uneven. Ms. Sybil noted in her posting that [...]
