Blog 6- anything food

Do you ever hang out with people and either automatically set a "food hang out" or somehow always find yourself ending up eating anyway? I remember talking with my friends about this as we were waiting for dinner one night- how ironic. We decided to hang out later one evening and as we tried to figure out an agenda it was either too late or too expensive. Yet, for some reason, we all found enough cash to grab some food and chill. It was an interesting observation having been eating with this particular circle of friends a numerous amount of times. It was interesting even outside of my own circle of friends that food was a great subconscious social gathering. I never realized how much food motivates presence and engagement whether to invite people to a meeting/event or to an informal, random, last minute hangout session. In talking with some people at work they feel the same way to the point of effecting their diets.

So, actually we've come to the point of making a joke about how we always eat when we hang out, whether homemade, processed food, fast food, or sit down AND at pretty much all hours of the day. It gave us the idea that we should start documenting our food escapades on film. It was a chance to be a food critique and a kind of guide. This idea catered to our discussions frequently. It made us question about food critiques and jobs associated with food especially the infamous ice-cream taster! On that note, who thought that wasabi ice-cream at Coldstone was a good idea?!

Harris, Marvin , and Eric B. Ross, eds. Food and evolution : toward a theory of human food habits. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1987.

Dickson, Paul. The great American ice cream book. New York : Atheneum, 1972.