Soleil Ho’s: Misappropriation Of Culture Through Food

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In paragraph 6 of Soleil Ho’s “Craving the Other,” on pp, 45-46 in the textbook, the author describes a kind of Catch-22 encountered by the “foodies, Chowhounders, and food writers” who “flit” from one international cuisine to another: “The foodies’ cultural cachet depends on being the only white American person in the room, braving inhumane spice levels and possible food poisoning in order to share with you the proper way to handle Ethiopian injera bread. But they can’t cash in on it unless they share their discoveries with someone else, thereby jeopardizing that sense of exclusivity. . . ” Following the guidelines and rubric for these Reading Response Journals, develop a short essay in which you explain and evaluate this claim.