CULTURAL CUISINE FINAL PROJECT - Only Experts Please - Required in 48 HOURS. A+ Work Required.

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NUTR203: Cultural Aspects of Food & Nutrition

Cultural Cuisine Final Project A ssignm ent D escription This is the final assignment for Cultural Foods– the Cultural Cuisine Project. As a culmination of our studies about various cultural, ethnic, religious and geographic influences on food – you will select and prepare a recipe from a particular country or region of the world, religious or ethnic group. A ssignm ent P art 1 - D ocum entation of C ultural C uisine P reparation You will document your actual preparation of the dish – from start to finish – and submit documentation of the process as either: § SLIDESHOW: A slideshow presentation detailing your experience (must use google slides or prezi, no

powerpoint) § BLOG POST: A blog post or tumblr post detailing your experience (url post must be public, not

password protected) § VIDEO: A narrated video – edited to no more than 5 minutes – detailing your experience (must be

uploaded to vimeo or youtube) Your documentation (slideshow, blog post or video) should include: § Explanation of the historical, religious, ethnic or geographic reason why you chose this dish § Introduction of the ingredients needed to prepare the dish, including where purchased or obtained § Documentation of the process of you actually preparing the dish – pictures are mandatory – you have

to show you preparing it for proof that you made the dish § Documented feedback from those who sampled your dish – family, friends, classmates or just you When you are done documenting, upload your presentation online to either google slides or prezi, your own blog or tumblr or youtube or vimeo. Paste the url of your presentation (slideshow link, blog post link or vimeo/youtube link) into a document with your first and last name as it appears in Blackboard. Take that document and upload it (in either word doc or pdf form) to the link posted in the assignment folder on Blackboard. This part is worth 50 of the 50 points of this assignment. A ssignm ent P art 2 - S tandardized R ecipe (this is A ssignm ent #8 in the C lass) In addition to submitting your presentation, each student will also provide a standardized recipe for the dish he or she prepared. Please use the Standardized Recipe Template document (found in this project’s folder of Blackboard) to enter your recipe explanation, ingredients and instructions. After compiling your recipe you will also do a nutrient analysis of your individual recipe. This assignment is worth 10 points: 5 fossible points or completing the standardized recipe and 5 possible points for completing the nutrient analysis correctly. When you have finished your standardized recipe document that includes your nutrient analysis, upload your standardized recipe (in word .doc or .docx format) to the assignment link posted in the assignment folder on Blackboard. If you don’t have access to Microsoft word on your personal computer use the school computer labs.

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N otes § YOU have to make the dish – your mom can’t do this one for you J § Use your textbook, internet resources, local ethnic restaurants & markets for recipe ideas § Choose a dish that is new, challenging or foreign to you – making salsa, guacamole, hummus (…foods

we have all eaten before) will not count! § This final project is worth 50 points (25% of your grade, equivalent to 5 quizzes) – your work should

reflect this grade weight and you should expect to spend up to 10 hours on this project. § Double check the parts 1 and 2 deadlines on the last page of the syllabus or in Blackboard; absolutely

no late work is accepted. § The more creative you can be with your submission, the better. Remember: you aren’t graded on how

successful the outcome of your dish is – you are graded on the effort you put into this. Good luck and happy experimenting!