One great thing about
being in New York is the nonstop opportunity to do a variety of activities. This
is the city that never sleeps, after all.
Next week, the American Museum of Natural History is
opening OUR GLOBAL KITCHEN: FOOD, NATURE, CULTURE, which should be interesting to
foodies and historians. As described in the website, the exhibit seeks to address
the following questions:
·
How does
food reflect and influence culture and identity?
·
What’s
the role of human ingenuity in shaping food – past, present, and future?
·
How does
what we eat affect the planet?
·
Why is
the diversity of food important?
·
What’s
the role of food in human health?
·
How does
our sense of taste affect our food choices?
Cool, right? Even
cooler is the chance, whether you are in New York or not, to share your food photos
and make these photos part of the Museum's collection. Through Instagram and hash
tags, the Museum invites everyone to "share your celebrations of food with
images of gatherings with family and friends or the food itself. Be creative-and
feel free to embellish your photograph with words about what made the meal so special.
Then post it on with hashtag #CelebrateFood. The photo may be featured in Our Global
Kitchen or on amnh.org. Share as many as you like!"
I think an obvious choice for most Pinoys is lechon, but in my case, I am submitting this photo that I took in Ozamiz, when my cousins Yeye and Cosette gave me a step-by-step demo on how to prepare kinilaw, beloved amongst Bisayas to be eaten at a meal or with drinks.
How about you? What photo are you submitting?
