Restoring Ancestral Seeds To Indigenous Communities
Through the process of seed rematriation, Indigenous communities restore relationships with their ancestral seeds.
On the Afterlife of the French Caribbean
Contaminated bodies and ecosystems by pesticide use on banana plantations in the French Caribbean reveals the ongoing aftermath of colonial violence.
A Return
M Shelly Conner and her wife build their new Arkansas homestead, and connect with a movement of Black women returning to the South of their foremothers to reconnect with home and land.
You Are What You Eat… Especially If You’re a French Politician
Marie Antoinette never said “let them eat cake,” but for better or worse, the French are obsessed with what their people of power eat.
Tales of Bread and Unfinished Revolution in Egypt
A history of protest in Egypt reveals ties between bread and notions of freedom and human dignity.
The Legacy of a Legume
Many recipes iconic to American cuisine can be traced back to the native lands of the people who built it, including peanut soup.
India’s Farmers’ Protest Shows No Signs of Wavering
In a movement that began in November of 2020, tens of thousands of farmers and laborers in India continue to sit in protest on highways surrounding New Delhi, fighting a new set of laws that put their livelihoods at risk.
In Buenos Aires, Bread Tells the Story of Resistance
Anarchist bakers played an important role in building Argentina’s workers’ movement. More than a century later, bakers are once again using bread as a form of resistance.
What Feijoada Teaches Us About Racial Inequity in Brazil
Racial relations in Brazil can be understood through feijoada, a national gastronomy symbol, and Afrofuturism, a decolonising tool for Black Brazilians.
Brazilian Feijoada
Los Angeles-based Brazilian chef Victor Vasconcellos of Paulista Deli shares his recipe for Brazilian feijoada.
Portraits From a Pandemic: Grand Central Market’s Better Angels
Los Angeles’s Grand Central Market has experienced two once-in-a-century pandemics. We share their experience through COVID-19 today.
Los Angeles Athletic Club’s Legacy of Hijinx
A club founded on whimsy, comradery and spirit(s), we reimagine the Los Angeles Athletic Club’s 1913 Frank Young Cocktail.