COVID-19 has severely tested the global food system, revealing its weaknesses. The pandemic has caused surpluses in some countries, due to lack of exports, and the specter of scarcity in others. Concerns about food amplify fears of contagion, connecting personal...
Pictures courtesy of Gieno Mientkiewicz At a time when the food scene in Poland has been severely hit by COVID-19, a group of food professionals is trying to draw attention to a humble but symbolically important product: a cheese called twaróg, straddling tradition...
Covid-19 has shown how fears of Otherness impinge on our experience of food. The metaphors of infection and contagion become particularly powerful and effective when they are connected to food, which we know penetrates the depths of our body and which can therefore be...
The famed architectural critic and designer Michael Sorkin died on March 26, 2020, from COVID-19 complications. I briefly met him for a project at his firm Terreform, and I was impressed by his drive and his faith in the possibility of tangible and beautiful...
Researching, writing about, and discussing the impact of Covid-19 on our foodways and the food system, as necessary as it is, does not begin to describe the emotional experiences connected with the new normal of social distancing. Food has taken on different meanings....
Photo: courtesy of FOR Solutions Poland is on lockdown, like many other countries in the world. The consequences on the economy, which until recently had shown the highest growth rates in Europe, are devastating. Inevitably, the pandemic has deeply affected the Polish...
