Essays on Fowl

Section I: progressive review of JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He died and why it Matters

It was anthropologist Mary Douglas who observed that Human is at heart, creatures of denial, they crave for stability especially when their notions are threatened, rearrange the way they conceive issues and deny the challenges. In her book, JFK and the unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matter, Douglas offers an incisive and searing diagnosis of the various ills that marked the death of once an American icon and human activist John F. Kennedy. In an articulate voice, the well known anthologist, advocate and writer in different universities offers a compressive scanning on the episodes that marked the termination ...

The History and Modernization of Poultry Inspection Systems in the United States and the Food Safety Hazards that are Being Diminished because of Those Systems

Abstract

The accessibility, health benefits and low cost have kept the demand for poultry consumption up and poultry slaughter production plants moving forward; however, up until recent years there has been a lack of quality inspection standards leading to an increased amount of food safety issues. The pathogens that contaminate raw poultry products for human consumption are an issue in the United States. There have been new advances in technology which has led to an improvement ...

Introduction

Japanese food commonly referred to as Japanese cuisine has radically changed over the last centuries. The centuries were distinctly marked by eras where each had its own characteristic food being eaten at the time. The four eras that mark changes in Japanese cuisine are: Jomon, Heina, Kamakura, and Modern periods all of which experienced great social and political changes. Before, 300 BCE which is referred to as the Jomon era, Japan’s culture was influenced by its neighbors such as China and Korea. Food was also one of the aspects that were influenced, which ultimately made Japan unique in ...