Food History

According to Bill Westerman, the history of the Philippines can be seen in the dessert halo halo. In
this 4-5 page double-spaced essay, you will explain what history you see in a dish of your own choice.
Choose a food of cultural importance to you, and choose one specific recipe as your primary recipe
of study. Using online and library resources, research the history of the dish and the history of the
ingredients in the dish. Learn all you can. You are required to turn in a short bibliography of all your
sources, and to clearly use in-text citations.
In your essay, you should 1) explain the dish and/or share a short recipe; 2) explain to the best of your
ability the history of the dish; 3) selectively report out on the history of the ingredients in the recipe;
4) explain how history can be seen in the dish; and 5) offer analytical conclusions from your findings
(i.e., what does your research suggest? why does it matter? what can we learn from it?)