Mareh Makom

Food

• Food: The identity card on the plate – what goes into our mouths reveals who we are
  Is your plate the true mirror of your soul?
  Animals fill their bellies; man eats.
• Food: The forgotten contract between government and the people
  What happens when the stomach is full and the mind is empty?
  now restrain themselves, and anxiously yearn for only two things: bread and circuses (Panem et circenses).
• Food: The paradox of the most egoistic act turned into the most social ritual
  How did our most private act become humanity's central social event?
  What I think, I can convey to others... but what one person eats, no other person can eat...
• Food: from a shared altar to a private screen – a journey into the cold heart of modern food
  What happened to us when we turned the open table into a closed screen?
  The Revolution, which destroyed the world of the French aristocracy, cast all the skilled cooks into the street; in order to survive, they became restaurateurs.
• Food: The time machine on the table—when taste awakens memories the mind forgot
  Why does the smell of Grandma’s soup make us cry before our brain even realizes what's happening?
  And the moment the tea-soaked crumbs touched my palate... a wondrous delight flooded me... where did this intense happiness come from?...