What would a better food system look like? Is it possible to turn debates around food politics and popular culture into arenas where a positive dialogue could develop between groups looking at the world from different points of view? Could food become an arena where a...
In Salma Hayek’s “Monarca” on Netflix, three siblings from the Mexican 1% learn how to manage their lives and their family Tequila company between personal vicissitudes, corporate intrigue, and the social constraints that the narrative presents as...
For migrant communities, food is more than just physical sustenance: it produces meaning and sense, creating infinite culinary variations where ingredients, dishes, and meal structures can express agency, pride, comfort, but also embarrassment and cultural...
When it comes to the current political climate, I am not even remotely qualified to suggest to anybody how and when to work through their own fears, grief, and anger, or how to navigate the future. Personally, I feel I can’t enjoy the luxury of separating theory and...
Why do many restaurants and cafes around the world all look the same? Why they all seem to display similar upcycled materials, mismatched chairs, blackboards, plants, and menus that at times require some effort to interpret – let alone enjoy? Welcome to Global...
A cookbooks author’s passion for food and his need to fit in the cultural and political expectation of his times allow us to peek into the material culture of later 1950s and early 1960s socialist Poland, where class differences were a touchy topic. How could a gay...
