Hullo everyone,

This week's Feminist Friday is all about food, because I found a recipe that I'm really excited to try, and that sent me down a rabbit hole of links about food and gender. Enjoy, and do let me know if you try this incredible looking mac and cheese. There is a lot of guff before the actual recipe, so I suggest ctrl+f "shredded" to get you there faster:

http://www.yammiesnoshery.com/2015/01/spinach-artichoke-macaroni-and-cheese.html#more

A history of Jell-O advertising in, obviously, America. The phrase "Jell-O salad" is mentioned and just sort of left there, this recipe will not appear in Feminist Friday any time soon.

A recurring theme in Jell-O’s advertising campaign can be termed, at best, aggressive patriotism, and at worst, ethnocentrism and xenophobia. In one of its early advertisements [..] The illustration [..] functions to class the gelatin by presenting Jell-O in dainty glass dishes on a silver tray, framed by toile wallpaper and dignified candlesticks.

http://www.genderfoodculture.com/2013/08/06/molding-americans-how-jell-o-advertising-has-shaped-and-constrained-the-citizenry-2/

Please enjoy the "Betty Crocker Story", and note how The Feminine Mystique is dealt with. In case you do not remember, Betty Friedan spends an entire chapter slamming Betty Crocker's advertising in all but name, somthing that Crocker, B proudly reappropriates here:

http://www.bettycrocker.co.uk/the-betty-story

Wonderful Friday, all.

Alex.