Naughty Bites Podcast Season 2: Episode 8: Identifying how food can shape our individual identity and values, and finding our relative place in society with Romy Gill

What role does your identity play in shaping what food means to you? How can a dominant social group impact how "authentic food" is perceived in another culture, and to whom? How does cultural humility relate to empathy? Does understanding diverse food cultures require either of these (or both)? In this episode, I talk to Romy Gill, a British/Indian chef, food/travel writer and broadcaster and discuss how personal Identity Shapes Cultural Knowledge. In this episode, I speak with Romy Gill, a British-Indian chef, food/travel writer and broadcaster, about how identity shapes cultural knowledge.

We discuss her latest book, 'On The Himalayan Trail,' and the importance of assessing our identities and biases in understanding other cultures' food by distinguishing among facts, beliefs, opinions, and prejudices. Seeing food from the perspective of others, rather than only our own, helps us understand the meaning of food for others, as well as be more culturally humble and capable of engaging in the world authentically.