About this episode

Chef Nathan Davis discusses the significance of Indigenous foodways and their impact on identity and belonging.

On this episode of Speaking of Travel, we move beyond destinations and into something deeply human... food as a living expression of memory, identity, and belonging. Chef Nathan Davis shares his story shaped by the land, where hunting, fishing, and foraging were not choices, but teachings guiding him to understand food as relationship, responsibility, and respect. With formal training from Le Cordon Bleu, Nathan learned the language of technique. But it is his return to Indigenous foodways th...

People in this episode

Host: Marilyn Ball

Guest: Chef Nathan Davis

Topics covered

• Indigenous food
• foodways
• memory
• identity
• belonging
• hunting
• foraging

Keywords

• Indigenous food
• foodways
• memory
• identity
• hunting
• foraging
• Le Cordon Bleu

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Le Cordon Bleu

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