The Polyphony
Intrigued to learn about her favorite order at the hawker center, which also ties back to her Hakka ethnicity, Chok took on the project to study the food history of the Hakka Noodle🍜She analyzes food documentaries detailing the Hakka food business of Chef Pang, who started selling Hakka noodles as a vendor after closing his French patisserie to retrace his ethnic roots in times of cultural destabilization.
These days, as society constantly moves forward for change, older generation tend to keep the traditions and stay behind the curtain of modernization. It is said that they are living in the past, but in fact, they are holding on what is already lost in our current world
As a symbol of culture, the food we consume every day has long been shaping our identity and ethnic imagination. Through the interview with Tiffany Yuka, a Japanese raised in America, her story goes beyond the traditional culinary practices as she navigated through an intersection between her mixed-culture cuisine background and her heritage.
Why is it not the language or the music, but our home food that makes us feel homesick? Let’s follow in Puspa’s footsteps to explore her perspectives on her country’s cuisine—Indonesia—as well as its strong nostalgia within the ‘taste of home’.
By Forrest Maynock The life of a college student is one of a constant lack of sleep and proper meals. Thankfully, Japan has a wide selection of cheap and accessible beef bowl (chain) restaurants. Perhaps the most convenient aspect of these sorts of restaurants is that they are open 24 hours a day all week […]
Eirin introduces Eden and uncovers her moving story on her struggle with anorexia, an eating disorder, in this Food Journal for Anthropology of Food.
The Polyphony