AuthorMy name is Jasid Hernandez. I am a sophomore in high school. This is my Genius Hour project for Mr. Barker's English class. Archives
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Week 1: Introduction9/28/2022 What is my project?For my Genius Hour project, I will be cooking one recipe from each country in Latin America. I got the idea for this because I realized that I have not eaten many foods from the majority of Latin America. So, I chose to make them myself! I will do this by choosing the most authentic recipes on the internet and gathering the necessary ingredients ahead of time. Since I have 11 weeks to cook one recipe from the countries in Latin America, I have limited them to the countries found in the map shown here. This leaves me with 22 recipes to make in 11 weeks, so I should be making 2 recipes per week. Why?The idea for this project came to me because I like eating food. Furthermore, I like eating Latin food. I really wanted to incorporate cooking and eating into my project because it's something I enjoy doing. Trying new foods and learning about new countries is very fun and enlightening. But the bigger meaning behind this is culture. I love my Mexican culture, although I have struggled with it for many years. This project is a way for me to learn more about the culture of Latin America and embrace it. This has a bigger meaning to me than just food, it's a way for me to learn more about myself. Food is important to the culture of Latin America because it is a way to show how much you care for one another. Food is an amazing way to learn the culture and customs of a country. How?The plan for this is relatively simple. Monday-Wednesday will be the days I will actually be doing the cooking. Thursdays and Fridays will be used to do any work related to the project, like blog posts. The weekend will be used to pick out recipes and gather the ingredients I will need for the following week. I might have to make more recipes one week than I originally planned to, depending on how the eventual time and project pans out. Some challenges I do expect are the fact that I am not sure if I am making the best, authentic recipe out there. I don't have prior knowledge for the majority of the countries in Latin America, so I guess I just have to hope. Another challenge is finding all the ingredients I need. There are stores that import international ingredients, but if I can't find one, I will have to find the best replacement. The last challenge is about the quality of the food. If something goes wrong with the recipe, that is the final product. I can't keep retrying and if I don't like it, then that will be it. I'm not so worried about this because the project is about me trying to cook the foods of Latin America (although it would be nice if it tasted good). The food
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Caroline Thompson
10/19/2022 06:07:23 am
I love this project idea! I especially like how you are incorporating another culture!
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