This past summer, I worked in the Produce department of a large supermarket in Portland, Oregon. This work allowed me to peek into the intersection of food production and consumption at the most common point of exchange: in the grocery store. It changed the way I look at food on the shelf, the way I…
Author: Ariana Gunderson
Food on the Ground
Cambridge, MA 2018-2019
Brazilian Beach Barbecue
A beach day on the southeastern coast of Brazil requires many supplies beyond a towel and sunscreen. Your day trip from São Paulo is well provisioned and won’t be complete without chairs, tables, multiple barbecue grills, coolers, cups, and dishware, as well as a speaker blaring music. The food that best sustains an all-day beach…
Alice Waters Potluck
I’ll be hosting an Alice Waters Potluck at Practice Space, a shop and studio in Inman Square, as part of their winter research question: why do we dream of California? Check out the event page here and buy your tickets here – the dinner is limited to 16 seats and they’re going fast! Why an…
Food + Trauma: “Prison Ramen”
It is impossible to separate incarceration from the experience of trauma. The life described by the contributors to the cookbook Prison Ramen is one of a scrabble for survival through lethal battles for power, and a loss of nearly all control in one’s own life. But the meals described in this book – even a…
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