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Article Evaluation The article on the Turkish drink ayran is quite thorough and well-cited. It is short but comprehensive and relatively objective. The one issue I would take up with the article is its 19th source used to validate the decline of consumption as Turkey's national drink. The source is a Turkish newspaper that was seized by the government in 2016 and has been publishing Turkish government propaganda since then. Though the article was published in 2015, I don't feel 100% confident in its validity and would appreciate a second source.
Article Ideas [] - The origins of Lassi in India (the mixing of plain yogurt and water). Dates - Dates in nomadic/early agricultural societies. Mel i Mato - origins of miel y mato & why the two were consumed together/any number of distinct Catalan dishes and that political significance
Topic Finalization I would like to talk about Catalan's national identity through cuisine. Because of recent separation claims, I think it would be interesting to look at Catalunia's dietary distinctions from Spanish cuisine. The article mostly just lists foods commonly eaten in Catalunia and mentions similarities and distinctions between neighboring cuisines very little. Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies Food, Culture & Society Journal of Tourism History
Draft 1 - Catalan Cuisine
The Alternative Views section of the article talks very briefly about Catalan cuisine is an amalgamation of several cuisines, or at least is inspired from other cuisines. Because this whole topic is explicitly stated to be neither widespread nor widely supported, I think that it should either be deleted or incorporated into a larger gastro-political concept. What should replace it, or at least be added to clarify it, is a few paragraphs on the political identity that food takes on. This may include some history of Catalan cuisine concerning its relationship with Spain and/or some specific dishes that really distinguish Catalan food from Spanish food.
Draft Process - Most of my draft materials are not in Wiki, as I pulled direct text from each of the passages I read and arranged them in order to get a sense of what I was going to write. I didn't want to throw hundreds of un-cited quotes in here, so they're in a word doc elsewhere. The texts I drew from were largely about Barcelona's gastro-tourism industry, both Catalan and Spanish tourist agencies. I originally wanted to write about Catalan cuisine identity and how it differs from other Spanish cuisines/how it takes on a political identity, but it is darn near impossible to find an unbiased look from anyone. I also reached out to my grandparents for assistance (my grandmother was a chef/caterer, and they lived in Barcelona for a number of years). They gave me a nice list of distinctly Catalan foods and explained that the Catalan people are "fiercely proud of their culture….food, music, dance..., and language," but for some reason this was quite difficult to cite through the context of food. Many of the articles that came up were about language. I ended up looking at tourism articles because when I visited them in Barcelona, they'd say things like "You want churros y chocolate? it's not really from here..." or "The paella places mostly target tourists, you're better off getting it in another city." I thought I'd get more hard-hitting evidence along those lines, but what I found was also quite interesting - the ancient cookbooks, the start of the tourism industry, and the introduction of supermarkets.