What memories do certain foods bring back for you? And how do you go about preserving those memories? Estefania Trujillo Preciado (@iamestefa) is a chef, educator, and artist documenting intergenerational culinary stories in Colombia. She teaches a class on food memories and all their inherent magic--and in fact, we get into magical realism a lot in this episode, along with Colombian produce, using video to preserve ancestral cooking techniques, a traditional Colombian dessert that's also a community gathering, collages, creatively avoiding censorship, the power and possibility of food memories, and much, much more.
Links:
Cubios and tomate de arbol gazpacho post
Pasta Grannies
De Mi Rancho a Tu Cocina
Chef Grandma Cooking
11 Questions You’re Too Embarrassed To Ask About Magical Realism
Estefa’s collages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Food memories as censorship dodging
Like Water For Chocolate (trailer)
Like Water For Chocolate (novel)
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
Doña Elena Hinestroza Vente - multisensory pop-ups
Instagram: @regenerativebaking and @dresslerparsons