"Re-enacting family recipes reminds me just how far across these lands my peoples are spread. I imagine their hands grazing over produce that has taken routes from all corners of the earth to arrive to their plate.
For thousands of years, food and people have travelled across borders.
I am made of the world’s many peoples, but never appreciated that the world has been feeding me all my life.
I have a belly full of the world.
It grew these limbs and these hands—in fact, it’s been nurturing my development my entire life."
My entire entry can be read here: http://bild-lida.ca/blog/uncategorized/a-love-letter-to-the-land-by-rhonda-chung/#more-3510
Audio version: https://soundcloud.com/bild_lida/a-love-letter-to-the-land
BILD is a critical sociolinguistic blog started by members of McGill University's Department of Integrated Studies in Education with the goal of discussing our language experiences in the multilingual setting of Montreal.