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What do community gardens mean to Kakisa community members? What resources do they have at their disposal and what strategies are needed to maintain them long term? Read and find out more from Temmer et al.: doi.org/10.15353/cfs...

“...During my fieldwork in Kakisa, a community member gifted me some moose meat so I made homemade tortillas for moose meat tacos with salsa made with tomatoes from the community garden. We all agreed they were delicious!”

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Plus, Alexia Moyer shares two other soundscapes and their implications for sociability, while Samphe Ballamingie responds poetically to Mélanie’s artistic intervention.

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This episode focuses on an audio artwork by Mélanie Binette—a sound installation in a Montréal community restaurant called “Invité.e.s Invisible.s”—intended to help solo eaters connect.

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Eating is both a unifier and divider in our food cultures, and the spaces in which we do it can both support connection-making and reinforce isolation. doi.org/10.15353/cfs...

From the personal, Alexander’s article deftly walks readers through the systemic. Read and find out more: doi.org/10.15353/cfs...

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On a small scale, Alexander’s lunch demonstrates the author’s personal preoccupation with food waste reduction. It’s made of leftovers! "...from a get together with friends—handmade pasta with a tomato/eggplant/mushroom sauce, topped with ricotta and parmesan cheese." (“Yum!” —ed.)

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There are certainly some shared sensibilities between Power’s lunch and her responses to the CFS Choux Questionnaire. But why take our word for it? Read, and find out: doi.org/10.15353/cfs...

Elaine Power starts it off with her shared lunch: “A bowl of squash, parsnip and carrot soup, made from my last CSA veggie box of the year, with Aleppo chilies on top; a local Honeycrisp apple; and some Manchego cheese.”

But questions remain: what are they eating for lunch? And where do they dine? What are their preferences, aversions, or food habits when it comes to this midday meal? Will we see tried and tested fare? Or something aspirational?

This issue’s contributors say a great deal about cultural food insecurity, food loss and waste, food literacies, food retailing, and food justice.

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Or just turn off your phone and spend some nice time with family and friends. Above all, take care of yourself, be well, be good, and be happy. See you in the new year!

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As we slide into 2026, Digesting Food Studies is taking a break for a couple of weeks. But never fear, we have some other food and food-related shows to share! Listen on to hear about some of the many other voices in food studies and socio-environmental podcasting.

Bonne lecture!

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While the former unpacks cheap meat, the latter takes us to small, mixed farm on Salt Spring Island (BC). But should you name an animal you are going to eat? Brett’s solution is to give them all interchangeable names, rather than assign one to each individual. His pigs go by Bacon, Eggs, and Toast.