Research, and food history, as an embodied practice
On the phone with a friend the other night, I began to dreamweave about Silphion.
This article about Taras Grescoe’s The Lost Supper caught my eye: And with it, a mention of Çatalhöyük in Turkey.
Grescoe and I have a similar approach to our work: History is not just abstract research. History is a lived experience we carry forward into our lived, sensory experiences today.
As I looked at images of Çatalhöyük, my mind began to wander in a way that’s familiar and exciting.
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