Meant To Be Eaten

Michelle Bloom on food and cinema's role in preserving cultural memory

Episode Summary

A conversation with Michelle Bloom

Episode Notes

Professor of French & Comparative Literature at University of California Riverside, Michelle Bloom's work shows how cinema – like the culinary arts, both made for consumption – combines art and science, embodies culture, and incorporates tradition and innovation. We also discuss how food preserves individual, as well as cultural, memory.

Photo Courtesy of Michelle Bloom
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