Food is not only culture, it's diplomacy: Leah Selim at TEDxGowanus

Leah Selim is a co-founder of Global Kitchen, a social enterprise that hosts immigrant-led cooking classes to promote cultural exchange and awareness through food. In her recent TEDx talk, she discussed how food, identity, environment and politics intersect - contributing to a larger concept known as "gastrodiplomacy". It is through the communal act of sharing food that ideas can be exchanged freely, an essential first step in growing a community.
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[@imcintegratingminoritycomm2251]

We shared the same feeling about fast food when you said that Mexico is known by their "tacos". Just to mention, in Mexico we have a lot of influence of French cuisine, by the way, chocolate was invented by Mexicans, and Mexicans were the ones that gave chocolate to the world. Thank you for your video!

[@ZackGomez198035]

I am going to sign up for FON143-Food and Culture at my college tomorrow.

[@harnoorkapoor4293]

@leah Selim This is truly an impressive way of portrayal of food. The relationship between food and culture is very intriguing and shapes the environment that we live in
For anyone interested in the subject matter, this should be a delightful, with sobering food for thought nonetheless.

[@aurel2763]

Toi aussi like si tu dois la voir pour les cours :

[@ClimateObserver]

How many people actually try haggis & like it 1st time?

[@MohammedNahir]

THUMBS UP. . THATS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AT LA MAISON ARABE COOKING WORKSHOPS , Marrakech, Morocco

[@juliarossato4103]

I feel her. I remember the fisrt time I got sick in America in my exchange I just wanted my mom's soup canja de galinha, very common in Brazil for sick people and it's so delicious.
Also when my host family wanted me to feel welcome they took me to a Brazilian barbecue restaurnt, very common around here, and Although it wasn't nearly as good as the food we eat in Brazil, it was nice to eat it. Food is home, guys

[@josephludwig1126]

How the few, has no idea what it takes to stay alive.
This girl included.

[@ayet_mn3677]

i dont understand

[@eduardoganci8557]

A country like "América"?
No way!!!

[@whistlingjake3687]

whos here from ms osgood LOL