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Apple A Day
“Apple a Day” criticizes the oversimplified journey to living a healthy life, exposing the connections between food insecurity & health.
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Cream of the Crop
“Cream of the Crop” illustrates the glass ceiling that prevents BIPOC chefs from being viewed as multidimensional people.
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Bread & Butter
“Bread and Butter” shows how the perpetuation of the “American Dream” romanticizes the necessary survival & pressures of assimilation that immigrants face in a foreign land. This menu/zine acts as a physical veil between the surface level... More
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Icing on the Cake
“Icing on the Cake” explores the embellishment and prop-design that is integrated into food photography, commenting on its tendency to further orientalize “ethnic” cuisines. Featuring the documentation of a classic Chinese fresh-fruit cake, the... More
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Easy as Pie
“Easy as Pie" discusses the irony of accepting culture through cuisine while discriminating against the people who create it. Of course, having a taste for taco salads and being racist are not mutually exclusive. While the starry-eyed idea that... More
Mixed Media
Grain of Salt
“Grain of Salt” applies the idiom to the context of manipulated colonial history & reclaims it through four sculptures of commodity staples; showcasing the stories and food of Indigenous peoples across North America. Each package features an... More
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On a Silver Platter
“On a Silver Platter” criticizes the gold standard placed on French cuisine that creates an unattainable picture of luxury.
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Watched Pot
“Watched Pot” comments on the omnipresent white gaze imposed on people of colour, specifically in dining rooms and kitchens.
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Don't Bite the Hand that Feeds You
“Don’t Bite the Hand that Feeds You” addresses the Indian farmers protests and the introduction of agricultural laws that privilege corporations, harming the everyday farmer in the process.
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