47: Navigating the white gaze and erasure of Asian food culture | Surekha & Alia, Co-Founders of Periuk
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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.”
47: Navigating the white gaze and erasure of Asian food culture | Surekha & Alia, Co-Founders of Periuk
47: Navigating the white gaze and erasure of…
47: Navigating the white gaze and erasure of Asian food culture | Surekha & Alia, Co-Founders of Periuk
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.”