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Victor Valle on Acquired Tastes: Memories and Metaphors of Chile-Eating
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Mar 20, 2023
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Podcast episode
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What roles do culture, ecology, and neuroscience play in making sense of lived experiences of eating? In this episode, Victor Valle speaks with Krishnendu Ray of Gastronomica’s Editorial Collective about his newly published personal essay, “Toward a Poetics of Chile.... in Another Mexico.” Reflecting on palatal taste, memory, family biography, and colonial history, Victor connects culinary aesthetics with neural networks as he delves into acquired tastes and parses the complex sensations of his chile-eating experiences over time.Gastronomica is Powered by Simplecast.
Released:
Mar 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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