22: A Gustatory Journey Towards Home

In this episode of EPFV's special feature on "Culinary Heritage and Culinary Kinship," we deal with the theme of a gustatory journey, exploring the profound impact of food on our sense of home and belonging. Sharing personal experiences of using food to reconnect with home while living away, we discuss the significance of dishes, Nepali mo:mo and eggs with chorizo in particular, in shaping identities and creating a sense of belonging. Drawing insights from the scholars such as Meredith E. Abarca, Claude Fischler, Jon D Holtzman, Cruz Miguel Ortíz Cuadra, David Sutton, and William Safron, this episode explores topics like home, incorporation, memory, palate memory, prospective memory, and diasporic nostalgia. Emphasizing the power of food to evoke the comfort of home through sensory experiences and associated memories, the episode invites listeners on a journey of rediscovering their own culinary connections.

 

 

Works mentioned in the episode are:

Abarca, Meredith E. “Foreword.” Food identities at home and on the move: explorations at the   intersection of food, belonging and dwelling, Routledge (2020): xii-xix.

Abarca, Meredith E., and Joshua R. Colby. "Food memories seasoning the narratives of our          lives." Food and Foodways 24, no. 1-2 (2016): 1-8.

Fischler, Claude. "Food, self and identity." Social science information 27, no. 2 (1988): 275-292.

Holtzman, Jon D. "Food and memory." Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 35 (2006): 361-378.

Ortíz Cuadra, Cruz Miguel. "Eating Puerto Rico: A history of food, culture, and identity." (2013).

Safran, William. "Diasporas in modern societies: Myths of homeland and return." Diaspora: A     journal of transnational studies 1, no. 1 (1991): 83-99.

Sutton, David E. "Synesthesia, memory, and the taste of home." The taste culture reader: Experiencing food and drink (2005): 304-316.