The Famous Fix

Part One
Standing in line waiting for my complex order of coffee people are slowly losing their patients for their own premium fix of Starbucks coffee. The woman in front of me stands in the 5 minute long line to only buy a can of soda. The staff has figured out a nice way of diminishing the line fairly quickly, and grumble at the fact that the woman buys a soda at the coffee counter. Around the serving counter people find their own thing to do while waiting for their coffee, from reading the news paper that you can find on several counters, to hanging out talking to their group of other coffee lover friends. You know when a class period has ended because the pile of students, professors, and even parents come rushing in. The friendly calm and soothing environment of the coffee store quickly turns fast paced. The music coming from the speakers seems to get louder as you hear various orders being shouted out along with the register working its magic. Coffee might be doing more than just keeping people awake through their long boring lectures throughout the day. For about 40 percent of students on a college campus coffee is a social time for them to meet their friends, and get warm from the slowly cooling weather outside. I choose Starbucks at least once a week because it is the comforting choice in between classes.

Part Two

The Food Of China
From Betty Crocker to Feminist Food Studies: Critical Perspectives on Women and Food
Food and Gender in Baghdad Cafe
The Anthropology of Food and Body: Gender, Meaning and Power
We Are What We Eat: Ethnic Foods and the Making of Americans
Food, Sex, and Pollution
Such a Pretty Face: Being Fat in America
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

The list of sources that i chose have no correlation what so ever. I went through the list and found the titles of things that I would potentially want to read or write a paper about. I am interested in the effects that food have on people, as well as obesity in America.