Jude Keefe
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Food as a Placemaker
My favourite meal? The smell of anticipation as the stew simmers before a Sunday evening meal. The comfort of dipping a homemade biscuit in the leftover juices. Paired with a favourite wine and a chocolate cookie for dessert. This, and so many others, can transport me to another time and place. A comfortable memory, a feature of home enriched with haptic dimensions in more ways than I can count. But it is, as we adult our way past childhood homes, difficult to recreate in the same way. These recipes have built community in many places—as products of local resources, a way to survive another day. And with proper nutrition, thrive too. When a building can be transformed by sharing the love of food, the layers of story keep the place standing into legacy status.
By Jude Keefe7 years ago in Feast