George Kamide

Oh, wow. Yes. First, I am very excited to be here. I know we've been talking about it for a while. Favorite food. Oh, okay. I'm going to go with tacos first. There's so many I could pick, but tacos were the key ingredient into getting my kids to try new things.

Oh, wow. Yes. First, I am very excited to be here. I know we've been talking about it for a while. Favorite food. Oh, okay. I'm going to go with tacos first. There's so many I could pick, but tacos were the key ingredient into getting my kids to try new things.

If I could get it into a taco, they would eat it, and now they love tacos, and they are on the hunt for taco trucks, and they have a very discerning palate for their age, so I'm going to say tacos. Tacos. Favorite food memory. My family is from Brazil, and so there is a traditional Brazilian dish called feijoada, which is black beans that is stewed over very low heat for a very long time.

If I could get it into a taco, they would eat it, and now they love tacos, and they are on the hunt for taco trucks, and they have a very discerning palate for their age, so I'm going to say tacos. Tacos. Favorite food memory. My family is from Brazil, and so there is a traditional Brazilian dish called feijoada, which is black beans that is stewed over very low heat for a very long time.

Like many cultural foods that are used to typify a country, let's say the pastas of Italy or the noodles of China, the paella of Spain, feijoada was poor people's food, more specifically slave food. It was basically whatever meat scraps were thrown to the slaves, they would put in this pot. And because they're working long hours, you know, somebody was watching it for a long period of time.

Like many cultural foods that are used to typify a country, let's say the pastas of Italy or the noodles of China, the paella of Spain, feijoada was poor people's food, more specifically slave food. It was basically whatever meat scraps were thrown to the slaves, they would put in this pot. And because they're working long hours, you know, somebody was watching it for a long period of time.

But I had it a lot growing up. It was delicious. And so my favorite food memory is the first time I went back to Brazil since we had immigrated to the States. Being able to locate this fish water that was being cooked out in this field in a gigantic, like the biggest pot I have ever seen in my life. And I located it by smell alone.

But I had it a lot growing up. It was delicious. And so my favorite food memory is the first time I went back to Brazil since we had immigrated to the States. Being able to locate this fish water that was being cooked out in this field in a gigantic, like the biggest pot I have ever seen in my life. And I located it by smell alone.

Like it was just sort of like a cartoon, like drifting on the vapor of the hot. So it was just felt like a very full circle moment from growing up with it as a kid and being told stories about Brazil. And then finally being able to go back to Brazil for the first time and turns out that food was the connector.

Like it was just sort of like a cartoon, like drifting on the vapor of the hot. So it was just felt like a very full circle moment from growing up with it as a kid and being told stories about Brazil. And then finally being able to go back to Brazil for the first time and turns out that food was the connector.

Yeah. When you think about paella, it's like the farmers were like, what do you have? I got these clams. What do you have? I just like throw it in a giant pot. It's a very collaborative food for sure.

Yeah. When you think about paella, it's like the farmers were like, what do you have? I got these clams. What do you have? I just like throw it in a giant pot. It's a very collaborative food for sure.

Yeah, that is true. I mean, there's a lot. See, that was why it was going to be hard. It was either going to have to be Brazil, Latin America or Japan. So I went with the first thing that came to mind. I will say I was an anthropology major and the two cultural modes that are saturated, we say saturated with the most meaning, are food and sex.

Yeah, that is true. I mean, there's a lot. See, that was why it was going to be hard. It was either going to have to be Brazil, Latin America or Japan. So I went with the first thing that came to mind. I will say I was an anthropology major and the two cultural modes that are saturated, we say saturated with the most meaning, are food and sex.

It is how a people think of reproducing their lineage and all the rituals around that. And also how does it feed itself? How does it nurture itself? How does it continue to survive to the next generation? So you brought up the people who cooked. So, I mean, today we have history, you have culture, and you can layer in class, economics. We'll talk about security.

It is how a people think of reproducing their lineage and all the rituals around that. And also how does it feed itself? How does it nurture itself? How does it continue to survive to the next generation? So you brought up the people who cooked. So, I mean, today we have history, you have culture, and you can layer in class, economics. We'll talk about security.

There's just so much that goes into food and it is something that can be a medium to convey all of that almost instantly. Like the moment you taste it for the first time, they're like all these cultural layers that you're unaware of, but some part of your human cultural radar is picking them up. And I think that's why it's so fun to share food memories.

There's just so much that goes into food and it is something that can be a medium to convey all of that almost instantly. Like the moment you taste it for the first time, they're like all these cultural layers that you're unaware of, but some part of your human cultural radar is picking them up. And I think that's why it's so fun to share food memories.

Like, oh, I was traveling here and people might talk about the sites, but they almost always talk about the food also, the things that they ate.

Like, oh, I was traveling here and people might talk about the sites, but they almost always talk about the food also, the things that they ate.