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Mar 14, 2026
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
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HN 398 Eat, Memory: Reading, Watching & Writing Food Memoir
(4 Credits)
We all have to eat, right? However, food in our culture has become more than just about eating, it’s become art, entertainment, and a personal and political statement. Another hot cultural phenomenon is the popularity of the memoir, explorations of themes and moments in people’s personal lives. We’ll also look at how food is intimately connected to memory, both physIn this class we will read food memoirs by writers such as Diana Abu Jabar, Ntozake Shange, MFK Fisher, and others and we’ll write our own as well. We’ll exercise our senses with tastings and smellings, field trips, and guest speakers. For the final project, we will write a short memoir about, make, and share in a communal feast the recipes that are connected to our memories and identity. As the French chef and writer Brillat-Savarin said, “Tell me what you eat, and I’ll tell you who you are.”
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