Essays on Cookbooks

Cookbooks are products that are thought to create health problems to many people. As a result, the government has resulted in taxing the product as a way of reducing the consumption of the cookbooks. This type of tax is called sin tax. It is a tax that is usually imposed on products that are thought to be harmful to the people. Similar tax is levied on cigarettes and alcohol. When sin tax is levied, the supply of the cookbooks reduces. This is because the price increases hence the demand reduces because the consumers shift to other similar products. Therefore the producers are ...

Chapter 20: Content Analysis

Activity 20.3: Advantages vs. Disadvantages of Content Analysis

Activity 20.1:

Which of the following questions would lend themselves well to content analysis? - Do students like school more if taught by a teacher of the same ethnicity? - What sorts of techniques do tennis coaches use to increase the motivation of 12-year-olds to play tennis? - Is violence on television different from violence in classical drama? - Do boys or girls score higher on SAT examinations? - Are women or men portrayed more favorably in 1930s movies? - Are after-school detention programs effective? - How ...

African-American Crops in America: An Overview

The wide range of food crops was directly brought from Africa throughout the transatlantic slave trade. These staple foods were eaten by enslaved African-American. The foods were blended with meat and fish, or with the palm oil. The meals used by the African-Americans comprised of black-eyed peas, okra, callaloo, seasoned with pepper and salt. Other food crops from the African continent included peanuts, sorghum, melon, watermelon, yams, and sesame. These harvests were incorporated into the mainstream American foodways and were a well-known major ingredient found in the original cookbooks written by local Southern Americans. All through the period, though, ...

Introduction

An apple pie is an American dish which has apples as its principal filling ingredients. Apple pies originated from Europe-England. It was introduced in North America in the 17th century. Europeans had been baking apple pies for many years before it was introduced in America. The dish gained more popularity in the 19th century. By mid 1940s, the dish became a national dish in America. The dish lacked popularity because America was not a producer of apples. This made it difficult for the Americans to bake the dish. By late 19th century, the dish had become common in America. However, one ...