El Paso Food Voices podcast provides a window into the extensive role food plays in people's lives. Food embodies symbolic, metaphorical, and political cultural and social practices. This podcast series shows how food practices captures a city's history beyond borders. Both guest and host/ess are members of the El Paso community. Each host/hostess has developed the episode’s topic and written a short analysis based on the central theme discussed.
“We say in Polish, ‘when the guest comes into the house, God follows.’ Having a guest is like being blessed.”
Podcast Link: "Dinner at the Aniszewskis"
Host/ess: Charis Saenz
Guest: "Jarek Aniszewski, a Polamex"
Podcast Proposal: "The Act of Eating Together"
Script: "Conversation with Jarek Aniszewski"
Scholarly Engagement: "Commensality"
The Humanities in Food Practices: "Feeding Fellowship"
“I love to paint pomegranates. I’m lucky enough [to have] pomegranates in my garden. They all have character for me; they all have meaning for me.”
Podcast Link: "Food in Art/Art in Food"
Host/ess: Stephanie Bulloch
Guest: "Lyuba Titovets, Artist"
Podcast Proposal: "Food in Art"
Script: "Food in Artistic Inspiration"
Scholarly Engagement: "The Aesthetics in Food"
The Humanities in Food Practices: "The Food of Art"
“It is a story that needs to be told and a story that needs to be shown.”
Podcast Link: "Life Through the Lens: Food, People, Photography"
Host/ess: Laura Mae Heredia
Guest: "Dino Chiecchi, Professor of Photojournalism"
Podcast Proposal: "Controlling the Camera"
Script: "Life Through the Lens: Food, People, Photography"
Scholarly Engagement: "Food in Photojournalism"
The Humanities in Food Practices: "Food and Photography: The Ultimate Experience of Survival"
“At the end of the day, healthy food and access to it is a human right, not [a] privilege. Everyone should have access. Everyone should have a place at the table.”
Podcast Link: "Food Justice as a Community Action"
Host/ess: Meredith E. Abarca
Guest: "Adriana Wilcox, Food Entrepeneur"
Podcast Proposal: "Food Justice in Food Deserts"
Script: "A Social Entrepreneur's Effort to Feed a Community"
Scholarly Engagement: "Food Justice, Community Gardens and Food Deserts"
The Humanities in Food Practices: "..."
“I never thought I would be a baker; I didn’t want to own a bakery.”
Podcast Link: "Baking Mexican Traditions"
Host/ess: Chyanne Smith
Guest: "Juan Gonzalez, Baker"
Podcast Proposal: "The History of a Bakery"
Script: "La Sevillana: A Mexican Bakery in the Lower Valley"
Scholarly Engagement: "Origins and Cultural Symbols of Some Mexican Foods"
The Humanities in Food Practices: "A Culture of Bread"
Podcast Link: "Food Studies in the Humanities and New Life's Journeys"
Host/ess: Meredith E. Abarca
Guests: Dr. Consuelo Carr Salas and Ph.D. student Josh Lopez
Podcast Proposal: "Former UTEP students"
Script: "Conversation with Consuelo and Josh"
Scholarly Engagement: "Food Studies"
The Humanities in Food Practices: "Food Studies: Language of Mulltiple Stories"
Meredith E. Abarca, Ph.D
Creator, Editor, Curator of EPFV
Professor of Food Studies and Literature
Department of English
The University of Texas at El Paso
mabarca@utep.edu
