The anxiety of authenticity vs appropriation

The anxiety of authenticity vs appropriation

Authentic. It’s Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2023 but for chefs, foodwriters, marketers and foodlovers it’s a loaded term. Ever since Christopher Columbus journeyed from Spain to America beginning culinary and cultural trade between Europe and The Americas...
Southland’s Food Flag is Flying High

Southland’s Food Flag is Flying High

Southland’s food flag is flying high and so is Lauraine Jacobs. We welcomed Aotearoa’s queen of food writing (and thinking!) to share her Southland explorations of the New Zealand food story.  I have always said the best position to view things clearly is...
Lauraine Jacobs: Questions That Beg Answers

Lauraine Jacobs: Questions That Beg Answers

In the first week of our nationwide Covid Lockdown I ventured out to the supermarket and bought, amongst a small trolley load of food, a beautiful crisp fresh lettuce, grown in local soils. I gulped at the price, $4.99, but knew it would last us for three or four...