Food is so much more than just nutrition, calories, or personal choice. Food is shaped by culture, family, class, migration, memory, markets, health messages, gender, place and power. Every plate carries stories about where ingredients come from, who produced and prepared them, how knowledge travels, and what particular foods come to mean. 'Why We Eat What We Eat' is a public Social Sciences Week event bringing together food writing, storytelling, tasting and social science. Through short, accessible talks and creative activities, participants will explore food as a form of cultural expression, a community practice and a meeting point between people, […]