ABC Big Ideas
Whose Recipe Is It Anyway?
The Podcast
They say we are what we eat, and in this big, migrant nation, every dish tells a story, about culture, about connection, about identity. But when traditional cuisines become mainstream, does cultural appreciation risk becoming cultural appropriation? Can you own a recipe?
This event was recorded at the Oz Asia Festival in Adelaide.
Speakers
Durkhanai Ayubi
Author, Parwana: Recipes and stories from an Afghan Kitchen and She Who Tastes, Knows.
Elena Benjamin
Author, Indian-Jewish Food: Recipes and Stories from the Backstreets of Bondi, and My Mother's Spice Cupboard: A Journey from Baghdad to Bombay to Bondi.
Dr Sukhmani Khorana (Host)
Associate Professor of media and cultural studies, University of New South Wales. Co-Director of the university's Media Futures Hub. Author, The Tastes and Politics of Inter-Cultural Food in Australia and more.
