STORIES ABOUT FOOD
Stories About Food is a living archive of meals, memories, and the quiet wisdom of age. In this ongoing photo and video series, I travel across all 50 states, cooking alongside people aged 65 and older—inviting them to prepare a meal while sharing the stories that shaped their relationship with food. We talk about ration cards and root cellars, hunger and harvests, first recipes and last gardens. Each conversation is a doorway into personal history, cultural shifts, and the evolving role of food across a lifetime.
From front porches in Appalachia to high-rise apartments in the Bronx, Stories About Food captures the intimate texture of aging through the universal language of a shared dish. When we reach 100 interviews, the collection will be released both in print and online—a national table set with memory, flavor, and the stories that feed us.
What do our meals reveal about who we’ve been, who we’ve become, and what we’re trying not to forget?
Participant Interest Form
We’re interested in your learning about your food landscape where you will share core food memories related to cultivation, culinary sweet spots, and local food systems that shaped your relationship to food. Interactions with food are unlimited in scope as we will examine the impact that the diversity of experiences have on our foodways.
Interested Interviewees can expect:
10-minute intake call providing a program overview & gathering basic info
30-minute interview upon acceptance with preliminary interview questions to frame our visit
2-hour in person culinary visit where a core food memory will be recreated
$550 participation stipend upon participation completion
Full Feature in print & Digital Media upon release
Eligibility Criteria:
Minimum of 65 years of age
Resident of the United States
Willingness to be filmed and/or recorded while cooking and sharing stories
Have a food memory still carried with emotion