“(...) food as a lens for these encounters compelled me to look at spaces and systems in which it is enmeshed, beyond the local and beyond regular practices. This is how I decided to conduct explorations to international markets and learn about international gastronomic cultures. These have likewise fed [these] insights and reflections (...)”
— Huaita-Alfaro, 2019 (p. 21)

As a main asset shared at spaces of commingling such as markets, food becomes an extremely useful lens to understand our living spaces and to identify possibilities to enlarge our experiences in them. In this perspective, participating from food encounters provides rich insights about an intimate and complex realm of social relationships, cultural significances, local politics and global exchanges from which we daily create and recreate our living environments.

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This map shows products and tastes I have followed and experienced at lovely sites in European lands. There is useful information for you to find these resources as well as to learn more about people and locations that foodstuffs connect.

Press the arrow button on the map to see the list (always updating). 

Also find below a brief description of each of these under the corresponding image.

*Note: this map contains a fair variety of foods and tastes but are centred on those of my preference, especially when discovering new places. I consider these more linked to traditional and ecological practices.

A general description of the list: [Eco] agricultural production / Traditional cuisine / Local and fermented drinks / Local wine and spirits