CNF-FOOD WRITING LITERATURE

CNF-FOOD WRITING LITERATURE

NELSON G. VERSOZA

 COOKBOOK ANECDOTE about our National Heroes of Milagros Santiago Enriquez’s Kasaysayan ng Kaluto ng bayan (as very good example of this CNF)

      KWENTO TUNGKOL SA DALAWANG BAYANI…

•       Isa pang hindi nararapat kalimutan tungkol sa ating mga bayaning kaugnay na mga kaluto’y ang naganap sa dalawang Del Pilar.

•       Noong panahong binatilyo pa si Gregorio del Pilar, ang kanyang ina ay nagluluto ng mga miryenda upang ilako sa mga bupete ni Don Marcelo H. Del Pilar. Ang mga kakanin ay kalamay, butsi, puto, caramba, bibingka at suman na nasa isang bilao. Nang pumanhik sa bupete si Gregorio ay itinanong daw ng kanyang tiyong si Don Marcelo kung ito ay paninda o regalo.

•       Ang sagot daw ni Gregorio ay “Tiyo Celo kung regalo po ay nasa bandehado, kung paninda ay nasa bilao.” Natuwa si Don Marcelo sa sagot ng kanyang pamangkin kaya binili lahat ang lakong kakanin nito.

FOOD WRITING LITERATURE

-          Is not just about recipes, it is literature or story about food that let us live more fully.

-          Aka Food Literature or Gastronomic essay (founders: Grimod & Brillat-Savarin).

Gastronomy

•       Art of choosing, cooking, and eating good food.

EXAMPLES OF FOOD LITERATURE

•       The Physiology of taste in 1825 by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer and politician famous with the line “Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are”.

•       The Gourmand’s Almanac (8-Volume) 1803-1812, by Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reyniere was a lawyer.

EARLIEST KNOWN COOKBOOK

•       DE re coquinaria (On the Subject of Cooking, 10-volume) by Roman Gourmet Marcus Gavius Apicius in the 1^st Century A.D.

DE RE COQUINARIA CONTENTS

1. Epimeles – (The Careful Housekeeper) recipes on wines & preservation of food.
2. Sarcoptes (The Meat Mincer) minced dishes
3. Cepuros (The Gardener) vegetables
4. Pandecter (Many Ingredients) pastry
5. Ospreon (Pulse) peas and beans
6. Aeropetes (Birds) different kinds of fowl
7. Polyteles (The Gourmet) roast meat, mushrooms, egg dishes
8. Tetrapus (The Quadruped) venison, lamb, pork
9. Thalassa (The Sea) seafood
10. Halieus (The Fisherman) seafood sauces

CHARACTERISTICS

1. Literary Elements (narrative or descriptive)

2. Figures of Speech

3. POV (any)

4. Journalistic Elements

FORMS

1. Poems, short stories, novels, plays, etc.
2. Letters, memoirs, journals, biographies, travelogues, etc.
3. Recipe books or cookbooks
4. Feature & column articles: food criticism, review, infographic
5. Coffee table book
6. Food blogs
7. Almanac
8. Facebook statuses and notes, Twitter posts, etc.