The Meaning of Food Book

Episode Segment Order (bigger stories in CAPS)

Show 1: Food & Life
How important food is symbolically and
psychologically. Food is Mom. Food is home.
Food is a symbol of love, life, being alive,
continuation, propagation, joy, grace, and hope.
*ITALIAN WEDDING (San Diego)
*Jamai Shasthi - Bengali Fertility Ritual
*Breastfeeding
*Bringing Food Through Customs (NY)
*Nigerian Cabbies' Lunchtruck (Chicago)
*"The Table"/NASA
*LAST MEALS (TX)
*RAMADAN FASTING (WA)
*TEREZIN (cookbook kept in
concentration camp) (NY)
*VIOS GREEK RESTAURANT (Seattle)

Show 2: Food & Culture
We define ourselves as members of
particular cultures by what we eat.
*GEECHEE RICE (Charleston)
*Montage of Food Signs
*Durian
*INDIAN WHALING (WA)
*HAWAIIAN TARO (Hawaii)
*Hawaiian "Local Food" (Los Vegas)
*Burgers
*TEXAS-CZECH KOLACHES (TX)

Show 3: Food & Family
Food also defines our families (including all kinds of ad hoc families): the relationships within families, the rules within families.
*Diner (Chicago)
*GROWING UP IN THE FAMILY'S CHINESE RESTAURANT, Part 1 (Missouri)
*Moms and Cooking
*Obento (Japanese lunchboxes for kindergartners)
*TAMALE MAKING (TX)
*BOOYA COMMUNAL STEW (St. Paul)* SAMOAN FUNERAL (Tacoma, WA) l*GROWING UP IN THE FAMILY'S CHINESE RESTAURANT, Part 2 (Missouri)