Food as a holistic approach was and having many different aspects was really important to me - it brought back both Nestle things we read. In What to Eat and the chapters about policy she talked nutritionists and how everything worked together to confuse people basically - leading them to choose many different sources of advice on food. With both articles being post-positivist and being more about looking for long term and for overall trends I thought it was really important to look at the relationship between health and eating.
It's something you take for granted - that they're connected but when you think about it, it's not necessarily something you would know inherently. That your diet and your health are intertwined is a really important and often overlooked point.
The ritual of tamale making was complex and surprised me - you'd think that be some overlap with men making them or at least helping with preparation but it signifies the divide in the culture, I think. We've seen this dynamic before (in our own culture and in others) that men are the "breadwinner" and women are the stay-at-home types that do the kitchen and home work. The tradition seems to be a longstanding commitment to each other (within the culture) which is wonderful - it just seems like a very one sided work dynamic and the gender equilibrium seems like it would perpetuate negative gender stereotypes.
I would say they are more social constructivist - more like grounded theory - although you could argue that Williams started with a hypothesis.
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