Cultural Foodways

Food is memory. Food is migration. Food is power.

We explore the intersections of identity, heritage, displacement, and resistance as they play out in what (and how) we eat. From Basque shepherding practices to diasporic practices that have been transformed by colonialism and commerce, this section recognizes the ancestral lineages that pass through our kitchens.

Here, gastronomy provides an opening into history, health, and community. We examine food practice as shaping the way people come together, nourish themselves, and extend their sense of self—all across the Basque world and globe.

Expect stories that go beyond the plate:

Rituals of joy and sorrow

Oral histories and food narratives

Politics of preservation and adaptation

How foodways are affected by colonization, gender, class, and climate

Whether you're fascinated by Basque rites of cider or globe-wide debates around food appropriation, here is space for nuanced, richly human narratives of sustenance.