Surekha & Alia: “So much of food content is focused on relevance and convenience. But relevance and convenience to who? Who is it relevant and convenient to? And who owns the seat at this table? Who is dictating what is relevant and what is convenient? We have to rethink how we position recipes to be relevant or accessible or convenient, because we also don’t want to erase the cooking cultures of more marginalized communities.”
Surekha and Alia, co-founders of Periuk, share about the motivation and journey behind the online platform celebrating Malaysian home cooking, plus: *Italicization of food names* *White-washing of Asian food in Western food media* *Diversity of food culture in Malaysia* *Guarding of heirloom recipes* *Creating content for a local audience rather than a white audience*
To check out Periuk: https://www.periuk.my/
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47: Navigating the white gaze and erasure of Asian food culture | Surekha & Alia, Co-Founders of Periuk