Thanks, Bob! The Wills book sounds interesting.. I'm looking forward to seeing your Hawaii KI book! What a project. Do you know the book _Culinary Tourism_ by Lucy Long? There's an interesting essay in there on poke contests in Hawaii.. I'll look forward to seeing the book. Mary Mary Rizzo, Ph.D. Associate Director New Jersey Council for the Humanities 28 W. State Street, 6th floor Trenton, NJ 08608 Ph: 609-695-4838 In NJ: 888-394-6524 Fax: 609-695-4929 [log in to unmask] www.njch.org -----Original Message----- From: "Robert G. Buss" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 09:05:27 -1000 Subject: Re: Key Ingredients class? > Mary, > > Your class sounds very interesting. A reference you may want to look > at, if > you want to add something on the Christian/religious notion of food: > I > recently read a short book by cultural historian Garry Wills called > "What > Jesus Meant." One chapter deals with "the heavenly banquet" and talks > about > how the feast as a metaphor for love -- and why the miracles often end > with > such abundance -- way too much wine or bread or fishes than is called > for. > > Hawai'i is also about to begin it's "Key Ingredients" state tour. We > are > publishing a book called "We Go Eat: A Mixed Plate of Hawai'i's Food > Cultures." I'll send you a copy when it's published -- just in time > for the > grant opening at the end of June, naturally. You know how it is with > getting things done early. > > Take care. > > Bob > > -- > Robert G. Buss, Executive Director > Hawai'i Council for the Humanities > 3599 Wai'alae Avenue, Room 23 > Honolulu, HI 96816 > Phone: (808) 732-5402, Fax: (808) 732-5432 > [log in to unmask], www.hihumanities.org > > On 5/3/08 4:47 AM, "Mary Rizzo" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Hi all. Here in NJ we're knee deep in Key Ingredients which starts at > the > > end of the month! I've got the opportunity this fall to teach a class > that > > I've taught before > > called Eat/Drink, Man/Woman: A Gendered History of Food at a local > college. > > I'm thinking > > that I'd like to organize at least part of the syllabus around > KI--the idea of > > regionalism in the > > US, immigration and technological change, etc... Also, since the last > KI site > > in NJ is close > > to the college and will open right after the class ends, I'd like to > come up > > with a project that the > > students would do that would tie in with the course. > > > > Is there anyone out there that's connected a college course with Key > > Ingredients? If so, I'd love to hear your ideas about approach and > what worked > > (and didn't!). > > Please feel free to contact me at: [log in to unmask] . > > > > Thanks! > > Mary Rizzo > > > > Mary Rizzo, Ph.D. > > Associate Director > > New Jersey Council for the Humanities > > 28 W. State Street, 6th floor > > Trenton, NJ 08608 > > Ph: 609-695-4838 > > In NJ: 888-394-6524 > > Fax: 609-695-4929 > > [log in to unmask] > > www.njch.org