Cooking With YouTube


Cooking has always been a significant part of my life. My grandmother taught me to cook from a young age, and I occasionally chose to cook dinner for my family on weeknights in high school. Eventually my love for it faded into my first couple years of university into nothing very significant. However, my interest was sparked once again when I went vegan about a year and a half ago. By eliminating animal by-products altogether when cooking, I had to re-learn how to cook when excluding these items. 
            
            YouTube was there to help me when I was re-learning an old craft executed in a new way. I chose to use the medium of YouTube because I enjoy the totality of the transmission of information.  YouTube presents a blend of visual, auditory, and written steps, meaning if I look away, I can listen, or if I get distracted I can refer to recipe notes.  I use symbolic interaction administered through this platform as an education tool. With endless content, YouTube is a space where I can cross the borders of culture and learn about dishes I may not be familiar with. This social media platform is a place where I can become inspired when cooking. In addition, the aspects of sharing on this social media platform come into play when I find videos I like and choose to share it with friends and family. My favourite channel to watch right now is called Avant-Gard Vegan because I find he takes elaborate and traditional non-vegan food and makes it plant based. Here’s the link to check it out: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF-ACPYNN0oXD4ihS5mbbmw

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  1. UnknownSeptember 26, 2018 at 2:48 PM

    Hi Sophia,

    To start, I love the personal anecdote within your post about your connection of family and cooking. It definitely reminds me of fond memories of my grandma teaching me family recipes, and my failure in trying to recreate them. I definitely don’t have the talent for cooking, but I agree with you how seeing Youtubers that focus on cooking inspired me to work on strengthening that skill.

    I love how in your post you bring up the part of how Youtube as a medium allows you to cross borders between spaces and learn about new cultures and their associated foods. I love this aspect of Youtube as it allows us to connect with different people who we may have not been able to otherwise. One can easily watch a video of an unfamiliar traditional dish being made even if that video is in a different language because, like you said, the medium allows for multiple ways of communicating via visual, auditory and written instructions on how to cook.

    One Youtuber you should check out is Sweet Potato Soul. She makes tons of vegan friendly recipes you might like! https://www.youtube.com/user/SweetPotatoSoul

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    1. UnknownDecember 6, 2018 at 1:10 PM

      Thanks for the comment and recommendation, Brittany! Your emphasis on how borders can further be crossed with language made me think of the comment section that YouTube offers. The medium also provides a chance to communicate with others from other places despite time and space. Others all across the world often leave comments regarding useful tips, or alternatives to ingredients that may not be as easily accessible to everyone viewing the video. Therefore, when comments are published they will likely be there for reference forever.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 27, 2018 at 5:27 PM

    Hey Sophia,

    In my first post I also mentioned how I enjoy learning new recipes and how to cook. However, I said that I use Instagram as a medium instead of Youtube but I do think the two are similar. You mentioned that you like using Youtube because it is a blend of audio, visual and written steps which is just a few of the ways I think that Instagram and Youtube are similar. Although, I am not vegan I do like learning different ways to change up meals just like you! Great Post!

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