Foodstories: Are We What We Eat?

What is your favorite dish or recipe within your family? Do you have a story about sharing a meal or learning to cook something that came as a surprise for you? Is there a dish or food that you stay away from for any number of reasons?

These are some of the questions we will explore as a part of this interactive workshop as participants will be invited to think about the many ways that food connects to their personal story. These can be individual stories that range from as recent as last week, last month, to several years ago. Every one of us has a story to share about food and you do not have to bring any knowledge or background to participate in this interactive workshop.

This workshops and the stories shared will be a key piece of the Foodstories exhibition and the Foodstories project.

The event is hosted by the Regional Food Systems Work Group under the Monadnock Farm and Community Coalition & Foodstories.

MORE ABOUT THE REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS WORK GROUP

The work group is a collection of stakeholders working toward “more local food in more local bellies” by developing a more robust and resilient regional food system.

MORE ABOUT FOODSTORIES

“Foodstories -We Are What We Eat: Intersections Between Food, Memory, Identity and Our Stories” is connected to the idea that food can be a bridge into who we are as individuals and as cultures while also creating community. Our relationship to food intersects with our sense of identity, culture, class, religion, and other aspects of our human identity. Shanta Lee is collecting stories from individuals about their food memories (from any part of their life) as a part of her National Arts Strategies Creative Community Fellowship.

Some of the stories that are being collected have a chance at being featured within the Foodstories exhibition that will be debuted in late 2025.