Writers like John T. Edge, whose work is all about the cultural histories behind food, have done so much to show that these stories are a really vital part of our cultural heritage.
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Food is an excellent way to do very elegant worldbuilding - the kind that can make a fictional world seem real, like it extends way past the edges of the frame.
We know so much about the European food story, and we're getting to know about the American food story; but we know so little about the African food story.
What makes cookbooks interesting is to find out about the people and the culture that invented the food.
Food for us comes from our relatives, whether they have wings or fins or roots. That is how we consider food. Food has a culture. It has a history. It has a story. It has relationships.
I think that food ties us to our community and our traditions, and it's the thing that makes us feel good and connected.
Of course I didn't pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device since Chaucer and Rabelais, who used food wonderfully as a metaphor for sensuality.
I realized that food was actually a metaphor for bringing us all together. It's about us communicating and being like family.
Food has become such an interesting issue in the nation and the world.
There aren't many great passages written about food, but I love one by George Millar, who worked for the SOE in the second world war and wrote a book called 'Horned Pigeon.' He had been on the run and hadn't eaten for a week, and his description of the cheese fondue he smells in the peasant kitchen of a house in eastern France is unbelievable.
Food is a lens for culture.
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