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It’s been said before, but food is full of meaning. It can transcend borders, cultures, language and class. This week on All The Best, we bring you two stories of how peace and refuge were found through the ritual of cooking and eating.
‘A Recipe for Refuge’ by Carly-Anne Kenneally
Does the smell of a certain meal remind you of home? What if your home was a war torn country and those memories are full of pain?
Kway Nguyen is a Melbourne-based artist who was recently commissioned by the Maribyrnong Council to design an artwork for The Little Saigon Project in Footscray, a western suburb of Melbourne. He designed the installation to reflect contemporary Vietnamese culture as a kind of east meets west marriage.
All The Best producer Carly-Anne Kenneally met up with Kway and his Sydney-based collaborator My Le Thi to talk about cultures, language, art and, of course, food.
‘From Waste to Plate’ by Alice Rennison
It’s estimated that around 5% of the Australian population experiences food insecurity. It’s a pretty broad term that covers a range of scenarios, but the crux of the matter is Australians are going hungry and we’re not really talking about it. But there are a number of fantastic organisations out there across the country making sure Australians going hungry can get a meal or food for their family.
Contributor Alice Rennison decided to meet some of the people behind the food donations services and find out how they operate.
If you would like to get involved or donate, you can read up on the different organisations here: http://www.ozharvest.org/, http://secondbite.org/ and Wesley Mission Food Drive.
Supervising Producer: Bec Fary
Music: ‘Skull-sized kingdom’ and ‘Shooting Star’ by Richard In Your Mind.
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Executive producer: Selena Shannon
Vic State Coordinator: Bethany Atkinson-Quinton
Presenter: Jess Hamilton
Episode compiler: Tegan Nicholls
Image by Flickr Creative Commons user Thy Khue Ly
Music: ‘Pickles from the jar’ by Courtney Barnett