On Food & Culture
Stereotypes appear both in food and film. Sometimes they are employed for humor or satire and at other times they are a pejorative representation of people and places. In this essay I will describe how some Tex- Mex food is stereotypic, how US films depict […]
TexMex, understood authentically, is the local and seasonal cuisine of the Texas Mexican zone or region, explains Chef Johnny Hernandez, native San Antonian, award winning chef/restaurateur. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Chef Hernandez talks candidly about the damaged reputation of TexMex cuisine […]
“Semiotics Of The Kitchen” by Martha Rosler is a wonderfully severe, humorous early feminist video about cooking. Part of the collection at the Museum of Modern Art, the video is a performance by Martha Rosler who takes on the role of an apron-clad housewife and […]