Food in Translation Workshop

Honoring the International Translation Day, and inspired by The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai, the workshop focuses on the sensory memories of food that are tied to personal lived experience. Through collaborative storytelling, we will not only explore the translation of recipes from one language/culture to another, but also translate embodied culinary knowledge to textual documentation. 

Learning outcomes and objectives:

• Reflect on how food memory can be translated across languages and cultures.

• Practice describing food through sensory details beyond taste and smell.

• Explore how personal culinary experiences can be reimagined through writing and storytelling.

• Document a recipe in ways that foreground sensory qualities (appearance, smell, texture, environment, emotions).

• Experience the act of “translation” not only as a linguistic process, but as an embodied and creative act.

Presented By Jingshu Yao of Leftover Ingredients & Found in Translation Bookshop