I spent past week thinking about what topic I will choose for the research. I had few things in mind, history of Italian foods such as pizza and pasta, origin of coffee, and Indian culture and food, especially curry. I started with all these topics and looked over some recipes or videos to see which I am most interested. Then I remembered that the curry I had here in America such as Teji’s on Guadalupe street is different with the curry I make at home which is Korean curry. Curry that is sold at vietnamese restaurants also has different taste. This was pretty interesting and I began to question the diversity of curry and further more, Indian food history and origin. I guess I will stick with this topic. What I am thinking now is where I should start. Right now I am relying on google, but UT library search engine seemed helpful and had many books about curry, Indian food and culture. I have not seen them yet but after I narrow down how my research is going to be, I can use these sources to write my annotated bibliography.
It’s actually pretty interesting how the UT library search engine works. If you’re not careful about about your search terms, then you get some strange results. There’s a difference in the results when you use “food” as opposed to “cuisine”.
I’m not actually sure how Korean curry is different either but I’d be very interested to know in the end.