At this point in class, I see my most exciting ideas relating to multicultural foods and how identity and food affects relationships. I explored my relationship with food and heritage in my Recipe As A Narrative Artifact project and continued to expand through my freewrites and reflections. In this project I drifted more towards my personal relationships, specifically with my mother. I really love breakfast foods such as pancakes, waffles, cereal, coffee, pastries, etc., and she has always told me it is because when she was pregnant with me she always craved breakfast foods. I decided to read a few articles, including one from NPR (https://www.npr.org/2011/08/08/139033757/babys-palate-and-food-memories-shaped-before-birth), that discussed the development of a baby’s palate and how food memories are shaped before birth. Once I gained more knowledge about this topic, I decided to share my story through this comic. I really liked the graphic novel format in this situation because I feel like I was able to communicate my ideas more clearly through the use of visuals and words. Everything that I read about the development of a baby’s palate helped me to better understand characteristics I developed on my own versus ones I was taught.
Maria's Mind 
I love how your blog really connects to your family. Your recipe post and this one both connect to your familial history and it’s really cool that you want to share that part of yourself with the class. I feel like with every new read I get to learn something new about you, and I love how excited you are to analyze how your food identity connects to your personal identity. Also I love the action bronson video you chose and see you have a great sense of humor as well as a creative and thorough mind. Nice job!
-Sophie Friedberg
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Maria I love that you were able to share your personal story through the comics. It made it interesting and fun.It was also interesting to learn about how a baby’s food memories are formed even before they are born. Also, your drawings are really good.
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I really like how you took something that we talked about in class and made it into a graphic novel. I also like how you drew it and I could tell what is going on. Your reflection accurately depicts what you talked about in your drawing.
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