welcome to the Greasy Garg! your favourite restaurant for all things (legally) edible, questionably drinkable, and generally consumable. this week we’re cooking up issue 2: nom nom nom, which is dedicated to the culture of food in all its scrumptious and delectable forms.
give us your takes on food as a love language, diet culture, the rise and fall of trendy cafes, to your favourite hole-in-the-wall places. your ideas are a bottomless buffet, and we’re starving (っ˘ڡ˘ς). pls bring us a bowl of your perpetual stew, dearest contributors.
send all proposals or initial drafts to ucgargoyle@gmail.com by friday september 12th, 5 p.m. with “issue 2 proposal for section x, contributor’s name” as the subject line. please include a sample paragraph of 200 words with your proposals. your final drafts will be due wednesday, september 17th by 11:59 p.m. your article word count can be as few as 1 and as many as 1000.
our production night will take place at 5 p.m. on thursday, september 25th in the junior common room until 9 ish pm. all this chat about food may make you hungry, but do not fret: pizza will be provided to satisfy all your cravings. if you want to meet with anyone from masthead irl prior to pitching, issue 1 production is happening this upcoming thursday (sept. 11) in the JCR. come say hi.. or heyyy
here are some prompts to the taste of our section editors:
uc: tell us about your favourite spots around the city to eat. tell us about your favourite caribbean food spot, your favourite place to get ramen, burgers, etc. what memories have you formed around these foods and these places. is there anywhere to stay clear of in the city? why? stories lie in food and food places, tell it to us…even if they’re secrets.
arts & culture: discuss relationships around food and consumption in the arts. talk about the gentrification of food spaces and the aesthetic of eating. explore how food ingredients are used in art. dig into the cultural experience of eating and how it is performed, and perform it yourself! can you eat a meal without also watching a show? how much consumption is too much consumption?
politics: feeding fascism: how does the alt-right use thinness to radicalize young women? what’s up with the protein-ification of everything (fitness culture to conservative pipeline)? what are examples of cultural and spiritual wisdom stored in dishes/cuisines/cooking methods? unpack the history of national food guides and nutrition programs. how do trendy cafes, bars, and restaurants crowd ethnic neighbourhoods? why do certain food items go from taboo to trendy to obsolete?
opinions: describe to us your relationship with food. what does “appetite” mean to you: hunger, desire, or something else? detail out an old family recipe. tell us what would be on your death row meal. what are you gluttonous for, food not necessarily included? what does “indulgence” mean for you? tell us about your intersection between culture and food. what effect has diet culture had on your life?
avant garg: are lust and gluttony the same sin? do they both just mean excess? let us taste your mother’s cooking. invent a new food. did you ever eat paper as a kid? i did. explore food as a vessel for community and congregation. write us a recipe (for disaster). give us your handwritten grocery lists. annotate a restaurant receipt with your ratings. eat your heart out!
comics: mm…food. what does your ideal meal look like? what forbidden objects look just soooooo tasty to you? draw us some of your favourite recipes, dishes, and ingredients. design some dishware that tickles your culinary fancy, or, dishware for one very specific purpose only.
see you soon,
amareena saleh, communications editor
