#GOODNEWS

#BakeForUkraine on😃#BBCRadio4
#TheFoodProgramme #podcast!

On BBC Radio 4
📻👍⏯ https://bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001np4r

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#yesWEAID #humanitarian #relief #emergencyaid #radio #airplay #bread #baking #Sourdough #sourdoughbreadbaking #foodways #bakingbread #bakery #backen #brotbacken #sauerteig #education #recipe #socent #entrepreneur #startup #liveunited #unitedway #uplifting #inspiring #solution #giveback #news

I mean, the last person I attempted to date made it backhandedly clear, but every second I spend on the foodie groups, the more it's driven home.
There's humanity's very real connection to the earth and each other, in our communities through food, how culture and history can all be celebrated and traced through cultural and geographical #foodways
So many people have lost touch with what food and nourishment really are and where food comes from, what it means to bring it to the table and who we literally break bread with. To really connect with the entire process of WHO our food is. You read that right. Who.
Secret: it isn't money.

Hunter-gatherer lifestyle fosters thriving gut microbiome

Samples from the Tanzanian Hadza group included species previously unknown to science.

#GutBiome #GutHealth #HunterGatherer #Health #Food #FoodWays #FoodProcurement #ScienceNews

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02065-y

Stephen Satterfield Puts Black Cuisine at the Center of U.S. History
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/29/stephen-satterfield-puts-black-cuisine-at-the-center-of-us-history
#cuisine #foodways #history

On this wild & windy night it feels appropriate to share this newest episode with you all. I talked with Aaron from @AppFolklorePod about food and folklore of Appalachia. It was such an interesting chat & I learned so much. We talked food, Folklore and stories from Appalachia and I hope you enjoy.
@folklore #Folklore #Foodways #Food #FoodFolklore #Storytelling #FoodHistory
https://hestiaskitchen.co.uk/2023/04/11/an-appalachian-visit/

On this wild & windy night it feels appropriate to share this newest episode with you all. I talked with Aaron from @AppFolklorePod about food and folklore of Appalachia. It was such an interesting chat & I learned so much. We talked food, Folklore and stories from Appalachia and I hope you enjoy.
@folklore #Folklore #Foodways #Food #FoodFolklore #Storytelling #FoodHistory
https://hestiaskitchen.co.uk/2023/04/11/an-appalachian-visit/

Did you know that this is the first of the Borrowed Days? Did you celebrate on Carlin Sunday? Would you like to know what I’m talking about? I share all this in my free newsletter along with side chat about Gray Pays, Liber Cure Cocorum, an interesting, if ineffective vintage remedy for strain and Poor Knights of Windsor.
@folklore #Folklore #FoodHistory #Foodways #FoodFolklore #Food
https://folklorefoodfairytales.substack.com/p/from-the-borrowing-days-to-poor-knights

It’s Pancake Day! It’s also newsletter day which is coincidentally also about all things pancake in folklore, history, art & literature plus some other Shrovetide highlights including mischief nights, Collop Monday and the best time for planting onions

#Folklore #Food #Pancake #PancakeDay #MardiGras @folklore #Foodways #ShroveTuesday

https://open.substack.com/pub/folklorefoodfairytales/p/from-shrovetide-to-brose-night

Colder weather cravings

"There was once a kaleidoscope of diversity in collards, as people diligently collected and replanted seeds, passing them from one generation to the next to preserve the qualities they found most important. Collards — an inexpensive, nutrient-rich vegetable — became a staple for many Southern families, especially African Americans trying to feed their families healthy food year-round."

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/24/1093167996/gardening-collard-greens-seed-savers-heirloom-collard-project-food-recipes🥬

#collards
#foodways
#veggies #veg #Southern #BlackMastodon

An encyclopedia of culinary plants and different types of food. The focus is on the meanings that the plants and foods have for people all over the world. Great indexing and list of resources. Illustrations are beautifully done and add the author/artist's personality to the book.

Includes the symbolisms, ceremonial, culinary, magical and historical uses of the different plants and types of food.

#foodhistory
#plants
#foodways

I am otherwise a staunch advocate of seasonal specificity in #foodways

We found that 12.7% (95% CI = 6.3–19.3%) of current childhood asthma in the US is attributable to gas stove use.

#CookingWithGas #Food #Foodie #FoodPrep #HomeCook #FoodWays #FoodSafety
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/1/75

How Changing Diets Leave Us Exposed to War, Extreme Weather and Market Turbulence

The convergence of global diets means just three crops provide 50% of the world’s calories. When shocks come, they hurt.

#FoodPolitics #FoodPrices #FoodWays #Nutrition #Trade #Food

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-global-diet-homogeneous-food-security-risk/

Are you studying #Food? Dig #OpenAccess?

Check out the Canadian Association for Food Studies and Canadian Food Studies #OpenAccessJournal

You'll enjoy the latest in #FoodScholarship - open access means no paywalls! Everyone can read every article in every issue! #KnowledgeSharing

#FoodPolitics #FoodSovereignty #FoodWays #FoodStudies #Foodie

https://mstdn.ca/@CAFS

This is a very UK based question but would anyone mind sharing what they consider normal food to be served after a funeral or wake? As an example, every one I have attended has triangle cut sandwiches, filling immaterial & tiny sausage rolls. I know this is an odd question but I’m trying to work out if my experience is based on my family or is similar by geography. (this is for research, I’m not currently planning a funeral!) Thank you in advance for your time. #Food #Foodways #FoodFolklore

Say what you will about the assimilation and commodification of genuine traditions by capitalist commercialism, but I couldn't help but note the ways that this year's Coca-Cola holiday commercial evokes ideas of #ancestral knowledge transmission, its embodied reproduction in #foodways and other communal #traditions, and how these in turn commemorate and make present the deceased.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8fepCnDPsc

#anthropology #necromancy

December 24
Ceremony of the Yule Candle in the Yorkshire Dales:12 candles were lit on Xmas Eve & the household would hold them alight for 10 minutes. Then all but one were blown out, the remaining candle was left to light the cutting of the cheese. All the family were given a piece of Christmas cheese & a Yule Cake (a fruited spiced drop cake, like a rock cake) The candle was alight for the rest of the night. #Folklore #FoodFolklore #Foodways #FestiveFoodFolklore #FestiveFolklore @folklore

December 22
During the Middle Ages, rosemary was spread on the floor at Christmas because it repelled evil spirits. The scent drifted through the home and It was said that anyone breathing the fragrance on Christmas Eve would receive happiness during the coming year. I would love if this could happen in my home but I feel modern practicalities might reduce my enjoyment & the cat would eat too much of it.
#Folklore #FoodFolklore #Foodways #FestiveFoodFolklore #FestiveFoodways #FestiveFolklore

December 20
St. Thomas Eve was once one of a number of nights for divination. A popular ritual was to peel a “St. Thomas Onion”, stick it with 9 pins & put it under your pillow, hoping that you would dream that night of your future husband. A more determined form of the ritual was to cut the onion into four, whispering over the segments the name of the one you hoped/expected to propose. #Folklore #FoodFolklore #Foodways #FestiveFoodFolklore #FestiveFoodways #FestiveFolklore @folklore

December 20
St. Thomas Eve was once one of a number of nights for divination. A popular ritual was to peel a “St. Thomas Onion”, stick it with 9 pins & put it under your pillow, hoping that you would dream that night of your future husband. A more determined form of the ritual was to cut the onion into four, whispering over the segments the name of the one you hoped/expected to propose. #Folklore #FoodFolklore #Foodways #FestiveFoodFolklore #FestiveFoodways #FestiveFolklore @folklore