From 19-29 September 2024, Sheffield will host the Festival of the Mind, showcasing fascinating research and collaborations between scholars and local partners. My work on transformative eating, in particular based on my monograph, Food and Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Literature (2019), will feature in a dedicated interactive space at the festival, in collaboration with Ignite Imaginations.
Eating and tasting are everywhere in our culture: metaphors of flavours garnish our conversations: melodies are sweet; memories are bitter; we are left with a bad taste in our mouths. Taste and food inform how we relate to each other, our cultures, our homes, and our memories. Stop by Perisistence Works during the Festival of the Mind, and enter into our dining room to become transformed by memories, stories, and art engaging human connections with food.