Sometimes the place where stories are isn’t where we expect
(Hey guess what: I’m doing a giveaway of my new class, Finding your Food Story: Read to the end to learn more!)
Food history is a collective history, one that shapes each of our lives in unique ways within overarching common experiences. Given the times and places we live, we might experience larger forces like (for example) trade, economic booms and busts, agricultural innovations, the impact of marketing on food popularity, etc. etc. etc.: In other words, larger society-level forces that shape what and how we eat.
But of course, our individual experiences within those larger contexts can vary considerably, as does the likelihood of our knowledge and experiences ever being recorded and passed on.
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