“Our colonisers taught us to believe that our health has improved because of Western medicine, Western foods, and Western technology. In a society that values progress, our colonisers taught us that conditions in the world are perpetually improving, that with each new technological advancement, each new discovery, each new way to utilise resources, each new way to alter the environment, that the world is getting better, that it is advancing. These are all lies. The world, especially environmentally, has dramatically deteriorated to the point where as human beings we are heading on a path towards our own extinction. Microwave ovens and satellite televisions are poor compensation [for cultural disconnection and environmental degradation]...” -Waziyawatin (Dakota Indigenous scholar), For Indigenous Eyes Only.
BITE ME is a series of ongoing collaborative efforts to decolonise the way we talk about, think of, and engage with food. Food history, food sovereignty and decolonising the diet are cornerstone conceptual ideas that guide these projects.
This series includes BITE ME: DECOLONISING THE DIET (a publication effort with Louie Bretana, Nadine Paredes and Wai Ching Chang), EAT MY SPICE: Cooking Chai Tea, and An Invitation and Some Instructions for Masala Chai.
