Answer the question you select with a thoughtful, thorough, organized, and well-written essay. Follow the Writing Assignments Guidelines located in your syllabus. Aside from using the required texts, the best essays typically use a quality supplemental source (peer-reviewed academic journals, books by authoritative experts, lecture notes, etc.) to support the claims/arguments they set out to make. Be sure to properly cite any source you use. At minimum, essays are to be three pages (double-spaced) in length. Essays should not exceed five pages (double-spaced) in length. 1. Discuss any aspect of the history and culture of food that we have studied. Explain why this aspect of the history and culture of food interests you. Why is what you discuss (in your paper) important? Provide specific examples to support the claims/arguments you set out to make.

Answer the question you select with a thoughtful, thorough, organized, and well-written essay. Follow the Writing Assignments Guidelines located in your syllabus. Aside from using the required texts, the best essays typically use a quality supplemental source (peer-reviewed academic journals, books by authoritative experts, lecture notes, etc.) to support the claims/arguments they set out to make. Be sure to properly cite any source you use. At minimum, essays are to be three pages (double-spaced) in length. Essays should not exceed five pages (double-spaced) in length.


1. Discuss any aspect of the history and culture of food that we have studied. Explain why this aspect of the history and culture of food interests you. Why is what you discuss (in your paper) important? Provide specific examples to support the claims/arguments you set out to make.

2. Review a chapter from Mark Kurlanskys Salt: A World History. In your review, you should offer your own opinions, analysis, and critiques of the chapter. You must support your opinions with evidence. A quality essay will consider how the author interprets the topics covered, how the chapter assisted you (or not) in understanding the topics it addresses, how the chapter makes you feel (about the topic, etc.), and will highlight the chapters strengths and weaknesses. Ultimately, your goal is to show me that you read, critically thought about, and understood the chapter you selected to review.