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Showing posts with label FoodSexuality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FoodSexuality. Show all posts
Monday, April 18, 2016
Saturday, November 14, 2015
Check out Appetite For Seduction
"My journey all began in my grandmother’s Southern California kitchen where she entrusted me with all the secret family recipes. Cooking beside my happily-married grandparents, I learned the subtleties of the recipes…and it was there that I first discovered the connection between love and food.
After graduating from UC Boulder, I was further inspired by my travels in Europe, where I studied French in Montpellier, France – the motherland of seduction. After my studies, I lived in Italy, the country of temptation, for many years – learning the language and taking in the culinary landscape. Here, I solidified my flair for the exquisite relationship between food and love.
While in Italy, I was a contestant on La Prova del Cuoco, a popular nationally-broadcasted Italian cooking show and co-hosted a segment for Italy’s Gambero Rosso channel. I have also been featured on the Food Network’s, The Secret Life of Garlic, and host my own video podcast series Appetite for Seduction.
Based in sexy New York City, I throw dinner party cooking classes, host events, and teach Appetite for Seduction classes across the nation, including Sur La Table, The Learning Annex, Kiki de Montparnasse, and the Museum of Sex."
Check out Appetite For Seduction
After graduating from UC Boulder, I was further inspired by my travels in Europe, where I studied French in Montpellier, France – the motherland of seduction. After my studies, I lived in Italy, the country of temptation, for many years – learning the language and taking in the culinary landscape. Here, I solidified my flair for the exquisite relationship between food and love.
While in Italy, I was a contestant on La Prova del Cuoco, a popular nationally-broadcasted Italian cooking show and co-hosted a segment for Italy’s Gambero Rosso channel. I have also been featured on the Food Network’s, The Secret Life of Garlic, and host my own video podcast series Appetite for Seduction.
Based in sexy New York City, I throw dinner party cooking classes, host events, and teach Appetite for Seduction classes across the nation, including Sur La Table, The Learning Annex, Kiki de Montparnasse, and the Museum of Sex."
Check out Appetite For Seduction
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Check out ServSafe
"Learn about foodborne illness, how to prevent it and how to train employees in food sanitation. Choose from several online, classroom and language options. Earn nationally accredited food safety certification from the National Restaurant Association."
Check out the ServSafe program
Check out the ServSafe program
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
When you eat too much food and are too fat to get out of your house....
Especially when you eat too much food and are too fat to get out of your house.
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Sunday, May 3, 2015
10 Reasons You Hate To Cook (And What To Do About It) by Darya Rose @ Summer Tomato
copying and pasting entire article here because she has some weight loss stuff on her site
"1. You suck at it
The first thing you need to do is understand the difference between not liking cooking and not liking to be bad at cooking. Big difference. I didn’t like being bad at cooking either, but there is a pretty easy solution: learn how. It’s much easier than you think.
2. You’re slow
I know you’re busy. We all have better things to do than slave away over one lousy meal. But when you aren’t experienced in the kitchen the planning, shopping, chopping, cooking and cleaning involved in making a meal can feel like it takes forever. That’s because it does.
I can always spot a kitchen rookie by how long it takes them to chop an onion (seriously it takes like 20 seconds max). The good news is with a little practice and some decent knives (see point 3) you can slash the time you spend making a meal until you barely notice.
Ditto for cleaning up. Seriously, put some muscle into it and it’s over in no time!
3. You have crappy knives
"1. You suck at it
The first thing you need to do is understand the difference between not liking cooking and not liking to be bad at cooking. Big difference. I didn’t like being bad at cooking either, but there is a pretty easy solution: learn how. It’s much easier than you think.
2. You’re slow
I know you’re busy. We all have better things to do than slave away over one lousy meal. But when you aren’t experienced in the kitchen the planning, shopping, chopping, cooking and cleaning involved in making a meal can feel like it takes forever. That’s because it does.
I can always spot a kitchen rookie by how long it takes them to chop an onion (seriously it takes like 20 seconds max). The good news is with a little practice and some decent knives (see point 3) you can slash the time you spend making a meal until you barely notice.
Ditto for cleaning up. Seriously, put some muscle into it and it’s over in no time!
3. You have crappy knives
Thursday, April 30, 2015
What is Tempering and how do you do it?
"Tempering refers to the blending of ingredients of different temperatures. There are two common uses of the term, to temper eggs or to temper chocolate, although the way tempering works differs between the two.
In tempering eggs, you add a small amount of a hot liquid into relatively cooler eggs in order to warm them up without scrambling them. This method is used in making custards, egg-based sauces, and other foods where eggs are used to thicken a hot liquid. If you simply dumped the eggs into the hot liquid, the heat would transfer immediately to the eggs causing them to scramble. To avoid this, the liquid is removed from the heat and a small amount is poured slowly into the beaten eggs while they are whisked."
See entire explanation @ Kitchen Savvy
More Info..
In tempering eggs, you add a small amount of a hot liquid into relatively cooler eggs in order to warm them up without scrambling them. This method is used in making custards, egg-based sauces, and other foods where eggs are used to thicken a hot liquid. If you simply dumped the eggs into the hot liquid, the heat would transfer immediately to the eggs causing them to scramble. To avoid this, the liquid is removed from the heat and a small amount is poured slowly into the beaten eggs while they are whisked."
See entire explanation @ Kitchen Savvy
More Info..
Check out Heritage Radio Network (radio network about food)
They do mention eating dairy, meat, etc. This is not a vegan-friendly channel. However, it does prove the points that food is very beautiful and we should not be shamed for eating food.
"There is no network like the HeritageRadioNetwork.org. No one brings together food and culture content like we do. Support HeritageRadioNetwork.org and you support the most progressive voice for food and culture radio in America.
HeritageRadioNetwork.org is committed to archiving, protecting, and advancing our country's rich food culture through programs that give voice to America's leading food professionals, farmers, policy experts, artists, and tastemakers.
The marriage between radio and Internet allows us to transmit our message like never before. The Internet gives our followers the choice of when, how, and where they listen.
We have over one million listens a month and reach over 200 countries around the globe. Our social media outlets and podcasts keep our tech savvy listeners engaged, while the easy-to-use website is accessible to all.
All of our shows are entered into a permanent archive creating a database of discussions on food and culture. Our archives provide an enduring record of national culture in its most basic form, food."
More Info...
"There is no network like the HeritageRadioNetwork.org. No one brings together food and culture content like we do. Support HeritageRadioNetwork.org and you support the most progressive voice for food and culture radio in America.
HeritageRadioNetwork.org is committed to archiving, protecting, and advancing our country's rich food culture through programs that give voice to America's leading food professionals, farmers, policy experts, artists, and tastemakers.
The marriage between radio and Internet allows us to transmit our message like never before. The Internet gives our followers the choice of when, how, and where they listen.
We have over one million listens a month and reach over 200 countries around the globe. Our social media outlets and podcasts keep our tech savvy listeners engaged, while the easy-to-use website is accessible to all.
All of our shows are entered into a permanent archive creating a database of discussions on food and culture. Our archives provide an enduring record of national culture in its most basic form, food."
More Info...
Monday, April 27, 2015
Watch Nirmala's Spice World
"Nirmala's Spice World is a culinary adventure that takes the viewer into a world of exotic spices from around the globe. The "Queen of Spice," Nirmala Narine, opens her spice cabinet to reveal ancient secrets of spices that for generations have transformed plain dishes into unique and flavorful experiences. Each episode is dedicated to a single spice, and Nirmala shares recipes accentuated by both their exotic flavor and their curative properties. With an Ayurvedic approach, she unveils the secrets of how each featured spice not only flavors your food, but may also heal your body and mind."
See more @ Wikipedia
More info..
See more @ Wikipedia
More info..
- IMDB
- @FB
- @Zliving
- Official site
- Nirmala's Kitchen recipes
- Nirmala's Spice World - YouTube
- Sneak Peek: Nirmala's Spice World | Veria Living
Friday, April 24, 2015
Check out FoodLab (dot) com / Vegan Baking (dot) net
From "FoodCraftLab is my attempt to push the envelope of food; food that doesn't happen to use animal products. What about foods like kimchi, beer, wine and chocolate? Mastering the understanding behind the food science of these and other foods is, in my opinion, the key to pushing food forward. I refer to this as foodcrafting. Many foods have methodologies that can be interpreted, borrowed and applied to other aspects of food production to make more flavorful, better quality and more interesting food. Join me on my foodcrafting journey as I attempt to find out as much as possible about the foods I love and share a few tips along the way.
FOODCRAFT
verb
the act of breaking food down to its most simple forms, analyzing it and preparing it with the information you have gleaned.
to design or make food with skill and careful attention to detail while not being afraid to buck tradition in the pursuit of outstanding quality.
I also run Veganbaking.net where I attempt to make vegan baking more accessible by demystifying the food science behind it.
-Mattie"
FOODCRAFT
verb
the act of breaking food down to its most simple forms, analyzing it and preparing it with the information you have gleaned.
to design or make food with skill and careful attention to detail while not being afraid to buck tradition in the pursuit of outstanding quality.
I also run Veganbaking.net where I attempt to make vegan baking more accessible by demystifying the food science behind it.
-Mattie"
28 Times People Have Actually Cried Because Of Food from Buzzfeed
"We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to share the silliest and most embarrassing things that have ever made them cry.
And a LOT of people admitted to crying because of food....That’s legit, though: Food is a truly moving and emotional thing.
Especially these foods, which are but a small sampling of all the foods that have made people break down and lose it. Try to contain yourself...."
"Somebody else was eating macaroni and cheese. I wasn’t eating macaroni and cheese. I wanted macaroni and cheese."
See the article and see quotes from all the people who have cried because of food,and why.
From KFC being closed to just smelling delicious food.
And a LOT of people admitted to crying because of food....That’s legit, though: Food is a truly moving and emotional thing.
Especially these foods, which are but a small sampling of all the foods that have made people break down and lose it. Try to contain yourself...."
"Somebody else was eating macaroni and cheese. I wasn’t eating macaroni and cheese. I wanted macaroni and cheese."
See the article and see quotes from all the people who have cried because of food,and why.
From KFC being closed to just smelling delicious food.
Friday, April 17, 2015
Heribert Watzke: The brain in your gut - talk from TED talks
"Did you know you have functioning neurons in your intestines — about a hundred million of them? Food scientist Heribert Watzke tells us about the "hidden brain" in our gut and the surprising things it makes us feel."
Monday, April 13, 2015
Friday, March 6, 2015
Take The Ethics of Eating class (Updated april 2015)
After the class is over with, you can just sign up and look at the materials, you do not have to take the class.
"About this Course
You face a difficult moral decision every time you decide what to eat. What impact should animal rights have on your decision? Is the suffering involved in meat, egg and dairy production bad enough that you should go vegan? How do your food choices affect the economy and the environment? Should you become a locavore? Should you eat only sustainably produced, "farm to table" food? Or is factory-farmed food more efficient and ultimately better for the environment?
We also face difficult food-related questions at the political-social level. Should states restrict their citizens' food choices so as to encourage healthy eating? Should governments grant patents on genetically modified crops? And how do we, as a society, implement effective food policies for a rapidly expanding world population?
This class will provide the tools required to reflect clearly and effectively on these challenging questions.
Our goal is to provide a working understanding of some leading ethical theories as well as the central empirical issues related to food production, distribution and consumption. Along the way, students will hear from a variety of scientists, philosophers, activists, and industry participants:
Carol Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat
T. Colin Campbell, Cornell nutritionist and author of The China Study
Mark Bittman, cookbook author and New York Times food writer
Marion Nestle, nutritionist and author of Food Politics
Joe Regenstein, Cornell food scientist and director of the Kosher-Halal Food Initiative
Joel Salatin, alternative farming advocate and author of 9 books
Bryant Terry, award-winning chef, author of Vegan Soul Kitchen
Brian Wansink, Cornell food and brand psychologist, author of Mindless Eating
"About this Course
You face a difficult moral decision every time you decide what to eat. What impact should animal rights have on your decision? Is the suffering involved in meat, egg and dairy production bad enough that you should go vegan? How do your food choices affect the economy and the environment? Should you become a locavore? Should you eat only sustainably produced, "farm to table" food? Or is factory-farmed food more efficient and ultimately better for the environment?
We also face difficult food-related questions at the political-social level. Should states restrict their citizens' food choices so as to encourage healthy eating? Should governments grant patents on genetically modified crops? And how do we, as a society, implement effective food policies for a rapidly expanding world population?
This class will provide the tools required to reflect clearly and effectively on these challenging questions.
Our goal is to provide a working understanding of some leading ethical theories as well as the central empirical issues related to food production, distribution and consumption. Along the way, students will hear from a variety of scientists, philosophers, activists, and industry participants:
Carol Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat
T. Colin Campbell, Cornell nutritionist and author of The China Study
Mark Bittman, cookbook author and New York Times food writer
Marion Nestle, nutritionist and author of Food Politics
Joe Regenstein, Cornell food scientist and director of the Kosher-Halal Food Initiative
Joel Salatin, alternative farming advocate and author of 9 books
Bryant Terry, award-winning chef, author of Vegan Soul Kitchen
Brian Wansink, Cornell food and brand psychologist, author of Mindless Eating
Friday, February 20, 2015
How food and sex are similar: Diet Vs Abstinence pt 2 (updated march 2015)
Eat what you want/F*&K as much as you want... be safe and responsible
Sex and Food Oppression...Chakra edition updated feb.2015
Dieting vs Sexual Abstinence by WLI
Chunkealthy Life
Calm Mind Open Heart
Sex & Food @ Trello
*Click pic to enlarge
Food Lover Spectrum/Chart:
Sexuality as a Spectrum The Area Between....
@KidsHealth
@University of California Santa Cruz
Celibacy category @ my blog, Woah Lotta Info
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Sex and Food Oppression...Chakra edition updated feb.2015
Dieting vs Sexual Abstinence by WLI
Chunkealthy Life
Calm Mind Open Heart
Sex & Food @ Trello
*Click pic to enlarge
Food Lover Spectrum/Chart:
Sexuality as a Spectrum The Area Between....
Restriction/ Not always indulging as much as others
Sexual Abstinance : "Abstinence is not having sex. A person who decides to practice abstinence has decided not to have sex."
@Planned Parenthood@KidsHealth
@University of California Santa Cruz
Celibacy
Celibacy - Religious reasonCelibacy category @ my blog, Woah Lotta Info
Asexuality
Grey-A/Gray-A
Demisexual
- confessions of a demisexual
- Demisexual @ AVEN
- Clarification of Demisexuality and Gray-Asexuality
- What is Demisexuality? @ Demisexuality (dot) org
- In Defense of Demisexuality
- ASEXUAL VS DEMISEXUAL by GirlfriendsTV
- I'm Demisexual -- Here's What That Means
Monogamous:
Avoidant Attachment Style :(nothing wrong with this, as long as you know yourself well enough to be open about it. Don't get into a relationship knowing that the person gets attached easily and you don't. if you do, be honest and open about it.)
- Some information @ Calm Mind Open Heart
- TYPE: DISMISSIVE-AVOIDANT
- Top Ten Signs Your Partner is Avoidant
- What is Your Attachment Style?
- The Fearful-Avoidant Attachment Style
- Understanding The Avoidant Personality
- Avoidant Attachment Characteristics
- Relationship Attachment Style (Part 2): Insecure Avoidant Attachment Pattern
- ADDICTION TO "ALONE TIME" ‐‐ AVOIDANT ATTACHMENT, NARCISSISM, AND A ONE‐PERSON PSYCHOLOGY WITHIN A TWO‐PERSON PSYCHOLOGICAL SYSTEM
Dieting/Watching calorie intake - Restricting food to stay a certain weight or to lose weight to be a lower weight and size. According to Google it is "a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons."
- Abstaining from food to lose/ maintaining weight.
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Indulging
Sex: Sex positive movement:
- Sex-positive movement @ Wikipedia
- What I Mean When I Say I'm Sex-Positive.
- Sex Positivity @ Charlie Glickman, PDH
- 8 WAYS TO BE POSITIVE YOU’RE SEX POSITIVE
- Sex Positivity @ WGAC
- What Does "Sex Positive" Mean, Anyway?
- CSPC
- The (sexually) openness spectrum:
Poly-
Anxious Attachment:(nothing wrong with this, as long as you know yourself well enough to be open about it. If your partner wants freedom, and you want them to stay home be open and come to an equal compromise)
- Why Clingy Partners Cling
- TYPE: ANXIOUS-PREOCCUPIED @ Jeb Kinnison
- Understanding Anxious Attachment — Part 1: Ambivalent/Anxious Attachment
- UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS OF THE ANXIOUS/PREOCCUPIED ATTACHMENT STYLE
Food:
Binge eating
- Stop feeling guilty about binge eating
- Chunkealthy Life my website with healthy eating recipes, fat acceptance articles, etc.
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Pressure/Peer pressure/Shaming
- Some people feel they have to because their friends are. No,you don't
- Why are we shamed for something so natural -link to blog post
To have sex:
- Helping Teens Resist Sexual Pressure
- DEALING WITH THE PRESSURE TO HAVE SEX
- Dealing With Pressure To Have Sex @ GirlsHealth
- Are You Being Pressured Into Having Sex?
- Sexual Pressures @ 4 College Women
- How can I deal with the pressure to have sex?
- Dealing with sexual pressure
- How to Deal with the Pressure to Have Sex
To not have sex/or be a "slut"
- I AM DAMAGED GOODS. By Sarah Bessey
- The Damaging Effects of Shame-Based Sex Education: Lessons From Elizabeth Smart
- Sex, Religion, and Shame
- Why Do So Many Religions Shame Sex? 12 Ways To Get Free
- Healing Sexual Shame
- SEXUAL SHAME @ Post Masculine
- Male Shame, the Root of Female Shame
- The Politics of Sexual Shaming: Religion and Abstinence
- Using the restroom is not a crime
- Alice:
Eating/weight
To diet:
- Tell them you are not interested in dieting and you like to eat.
- That is thin shaming. Tell them you like your weight and don't want to change your eating habits
- Visit Love & Lust 13:4-7 to see fat shaming resources to help shut up your peers. Yes, fat people can be healthy and sexy so tell your peers to shush. Gives resources to help you stop others from body / food policing
- In praise of appetites - from Fat!So?
- Examining 12 ‘Good Fatty’ Archetypes We Depend On from Everyday Feminism
To eat more (unless you have anorexia, or bulimia- as long as you are eating your daily caloric intake you don't need to listen to people who try to get you to eat more)
- That is thin shaming. Tell them you like your weight and don't want to change your eating habits
- Visit Love & Lust 13:4-7 to see thin shaming resources to help shut up your peers.Yes, thin people can be healthy and not all are anorexic so tell your peers to shush.Gives resources to help you stop others from body / food policing
- What gluttony really means...
- Gluttony by The Zenful Kitchen
- Orthorexia is now a thing. Eating healthy is now an eating disorder. Seems like they need to always control everything you do. If you don't pump your body full of hazardous chemicals, how will they profit from the diseases those chemicals cause?
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
How Cooking Can Change Your Life - Michael Pollan
Not only is cooking and baking at home healthier, but it's fun, theraputic, emotional, very intimate, and it helps the community.
"Renowned activist and author Michael Pollan argues that cooking is one of the simplest and most important steps people can take to improve their family's health, build communities, fix our broken food system, and break our growing dependence on corporations. The event was chaired by Tim Lang, professor of Food Policy at City University London."
"Renowned activist and author Michael Pollan argues that cooking is one of the simplest and most important steps people can take to improve their family's health, build communities, fix our broken food system, and break our growing dependence on corporations. The event was chaired by Tim Lang, professor of Food Policy at City University London."
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Therapists Now Encourage Cooking and Baking as Cures for Depression
Of course someone need to fat-shame.Cook or bake with healthy ingredients and have fun. Strangely, it's the same person as in another article I posted.Hmmmm....
"Psychologists call this type of therapy "behavioral activation," and its popularity seems natural as it encourages goal-oriented activity, the WSJ reports. It also encourages patients to not think about therapy while they are currently actively helping themselves (often without knowing it). There have been few studies done on the impact cooking and baking may have on our brains, but many characters in Jeanne Whalen's story were loving it!!"
See the entire article @ Gawker
"Psychologists call this type of therapy "behavioral activation," and its popularity seems natural as it encourages goal-oriented activity, the WSJ reports. It also encourages patients to not think about therapy while they are currently actively helping themselves (often without knowing it). There have been few studies done on the impact cooking and baking may have on our brains, but many characters in Jeanne Whalen's story were loving it!!"
See the entire article @ Gawker
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