Food and culture

Recipe for disaster: Why Jamie Oliver’s ‘jerk rice’ has sparked a row over cultural appropriation

What is 'jerk' food and why the uproar?

Sarah Lawson Welsh, The Conversation
· Aug 24, 2018 · 11:30 pm
From ‘Bao’ to Bollywood, a mother’s cooking and emotions go together

Several Western viewers missed the symbolism of Domee Shi’s short film. But in India, it has special resonance.

Damini Kulkarni
· Jul 23, 2018 · 08:15 am
Currying on: The South Asian diaspora has owned a racial slur and turned it into a potent metaphor

‘Curry’ seems to be the lowest-common denominator that unites disparate peoples who have had their histories defined by European colonisation.

Mridula Nath Chakraborty, The Conversation
· Jul 01, 2018 · 06:30 pm

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