Week #6

After looking at the video, on the University of Virginia, I've noticed a pattern between Thomas Jefferson's architecture design between the University and Monticello. I believe when Thomas Jefferson was planning what the design would be for the University, that he was looking to make a place that felt opened and inviting. The design he made looks like a very welcoming and happy place because of the architecture design with the buildings and with the gardens. The University would of never given off the same vibe without the trees, plants, and gardens; I believe those aspects are what make this University so great.

Now if I was going to design a new green here at Ohio University I would like to build it where the college green is now. What I would like to do with that green is expand what college green is now. I love how college green is designed now, but I think that it would be a more inviting place if it was bigger, had more plants, and benches throughout the green. I feel that what college green lacks right now is the vibe and design that doesn't attract students to spend more time on the green. That's why I would like to make college green bigger and more attractive while keeping the historical feel that's present today. 

Week #5

For this week's class we took a look at how to make beer. I found it fascinating the way beer is made.I would have never guessed that beer was made in a giant jug and you put yeast in it. Yeast was definitely not an ingredient I thought went in beer. Now if Thomas Jefferson was to ask my advice for what ingredients he should grow for his new specialty beer, I would give him the ingredients for one of my favorite beers, Raspberry Wheat beer. This is a specialty beer that I have gotten at Jackie O's and I really prefer it over the brand name beers. For this beer the ingredients would include:  Carapils specialty grains, 1 oz. Tettnang, 1 oz. Hersbrucker pellet hops, 4 oz. Raspberry extract, yeast, priming sugar and a grain bag.

Also this week we tried a wide range variety of vegetables. I'll have to be honest and say that I really disliked every vegetable we tried. I'm not a big vegetable fan, except when I add something else with it. So for my new vegetable dish that I tried over the weekend, I decided to try eggplant Parmesan.  I really disliked this very much and I will not try it again. So, I have come to the conclusion that I don't have a wide variety of vegetables that I like, instead I'm very picky about which vegetables I eat.

Week #4

What would a dinner with the famous Thomas Jefferson be like? Firstly, I would be honored to be sharing a meal with this iconic man. Secondly, if I was to decide what kind of meal we would have for dinner I would choose Baked Virginia Ham and fried asparagus. I chose the Ham because I thought having some meat at the dinner would be nice, even though its portions my not be as big as the other dishes because of Jefferson using meat to compliment his dinner, instead of having it as the main dish. I also chose fried asparagus because of Jefferson's love for asparagus and because I have personally never had it before and being able to try the asparagus that is grown from Thomas Jefferson's garden would be the way to do it.


My project topic for this class is 'Thomas Jefferson's favorite foods,' so the top of the evening with Jefferson would definitely be about what his favorite foods were and why. I would like to know why he preferred certain foods over others. I would also like the chance to go more in depth with his experience with food in other countries and why he decided to share it with other in the US and why he sent food to other countries. Having the opportunity to discuss the impact food has made on his life would definitely be an opportunity I wouldn't want to miss.

Week #3

If you were to ask me to name two things that Thomas Jefferson loved throughout his life, I would say it was gardening and cuisine.


Thomas Jefferson loved growing his own food in his garden at Monticello. I personally think his garden, at Monticello, is the biggest and nicest garden I have ever seen. Growing up I have watched my grandfather and my dad be very passionate about their gardens and I never understood why until now after learning about what Thomas Jefferson's garden meant for him. I also found that what makes this garden great, is the fact that it contained food from other countries that Thomas Jefferson would bring back with him.

Gardening and cuisine played a big role in Thomas Jefferson's life. He used his garden to grow food from other countries and enrich people in the United States of different types of cuisine. He would also use cuisine as a way to bring people together, regardless of the differences there may be between them.

Thomas Jefferson loved gardening and cuisine. He gardened for the love of it and also to expose other countries and his own country of different types of food out there. When you think back to Thomas Jefferson you can't help but think about his garden and food he share