Our school, located in Oakland, spends one week each spring offering mini-courses outside of the usual curricular offerings. I’ve put together courses on chocolate, Hollywood, Minor League Baseball, and artisan food...

Can anyone explain to me the reason why once a thread has been locked, it disappears from My Posts ? BTW.....if you Google....Food Waste Chowhound. it’s the first on the list.

Are you looking for a “guide” to good table manners – or a more indepth/anthropological/sociological approach? For the former, I know that Tiffany’s has a guide for teens, and, especially if the 13 year...

is being applied to food. I think it is akin to the way the term medieval is used in such a way that it has absolutely no connection to the sociological or historical meaning of the term. It would be useful to consider the...

Memphis, the ones with more sophisticated taste buds go to places in East Memphis like Erling Jensen’s or the new Wally J or make a night of it and go midtown or downtown. I could go on, but providing a sociological view of...

, yet there was universal acclaim for their food. That post even triggered an interesting exchange of apparent ethnic sociology. After evaluating all of the information, we decided that it was best to first attend their buffet...

that the food on aircraft must be special (and later I discovered that it is – it’s usually especially bad !). So this site is pretty intersting, if nothing else for the sociological value of seeing the passenger vs....

Just finished reading the book. It is in 3 parts, Early Years, Julia & PBS, and Food Network. The first part was a little dry and you could tell the author was writing mostly from research. The book picks up considerably in the...

Can anyone recommend any exotic and traditional food restaurants in west LA, preferrably in a 8 mile radius of DB where the 60 and 57 interesect. Cheap also, we’re students and this is part of an assignment we have in...

them. The women who work the counter at Fredine’s are very friendly and I am pretty sure they have never tried to give me a sociology lesson in west side vs. south side barbecue, they just talk to you while they get your...

See what I missed, growing up secular, and eating secular chickens? I appreciate your sociological comment about the dorm-food popularity of Empire barbecued birds. To me it was a treat. I can’t get poultry to be that...

Micki said: >I really enjoy those road trip/food finding >missions ... For me, the enjoyment lies as much >with the sociological side of the adventure as >with the good-stuff-to-eat parts. Agreed. Along these same lines, if you...

for whom food is truly an enjoyable hobby. But hey, if using the word “foodie” perjoratively makes one feel morally superior, so be it. ETA: This might form the foundation for an interesting sociological/psychological...

. Having grown up in Southern CA, there is an appealing subjective feeling to many of them but, most of the time, the food is very average. Anyway, is there any intel out there on unique or outstanding Orance County incarnations...

I’ve had dinner there several times and the food and service are fabulous. Ask for a table near the fireplace. :)