Diaspora Dumplings Recipe Archive
Participatory Artwork2024-ongoing
Collecting + Cataloguing In Progress
A collection of recipe card sets filled out by participants of the Diaspora Dumplings (DD) project.
Each set contains three unique cards that guide storytelling chefs through the imaginative process of dreaming up their own diaspora dumpling.
︎︎︎ DIASPORA DUMPLING — “an inventive, cross-cultural food item made to be eaten in multiples—necessarily composed of a mixed filling that is wrapped in dough before being cooked. an edible medium for sharing who you are and where you come from.”
︎ Filed under:
dd, food, sculpture, diaspora, participatory, social practice, houston
cataloguing in progress
join the list of co-authors! request a set of recipe cards in the mail ︎
ABOUT DIASPORA DUMPLINGS
Diaspora Dumplings is an ongoing series that critically dives into personal and familial histories through conversation, food, and joyful connection. This interdisciplinary project incorporates research, experimentation, recipes, photography, and a glossary to explore the concepts of home, belonging, and representation.This project has undergone many evolutions since its inception in 2021. As it continues to grow, this page will grow with it. Linear or brief documentation of this rich, multifaceted project is simply an impossibility. Please expect of this page, and any page related to the DD project, the charming mess you’d find in an oft-used and well-loved kitchen.
ARTFORM
Social practice art, on- and offline cooking and conversation workshops/sessions, story-based recipe writing, potluck events, recipe archive
MATERIALS
Digital video conferencing, food photography, grocery receipts, recipe cards, discussion, cooking utensils and dishes, and kitchen staples (varies greatly from kitchen to kitchen: may include fry oil, lemongrass, wonton wrappers, taro, lamb, chicken, rosewater)
Duration
Varied. Project joyfully still in progress.
Social practice art, on- and offline cooking and conversation workshops/sessions, story-based recipe writing, potluck events, recipe archive
MATERIALS
Digital video conferencing, food photography, grocery receipts, recipe cards, discussion, cooking utensils and dishes, and kitchen staples (varies greatly from kitchen to kitchen: may include fry oil, lemongrass, wonton wrappers, taro, lamb, chicken, rosewater)
Duration
Varied. Project joyfully still in progress.
COLLABORATORS AND CO-AUTHORS
in chronological order of participation
KT + El • Bechir • Ibrahim (Gourmandize.HTX • Malek A* • Gabriella Jackson* • Kevin Mendez* + Maria Elena* • Sami A* • Carrie B* • Najet Ayachi* • a + n • Ayesha H • Nguyen L • Kayleigh • Danna M • Joshua • DS Estrada • Cisco G • Erica
*guest chefs of the pilot Diaspora Dumpling Potluck + Archiving Party held in September 2024.
in chronological order of participation
KT + El • Bechir • Ibrahim (Gourmandize.HTX • Malek A* • Gabriella Jackson* • Kevin Mendez* + Maria Elena* • Sami A* • Carrie B* • Najet Ayachi* • a + n • Ayesha H • Nguyen L • Kayleigh • Danna M • Joshua • DS Estrada • Cisco G • Erica
*guest chefs of the pilot Diaspora Dumpling Potluck + Archiving Party held in September 2024.
join the list of co-authors!
Contact aisha tida for a set of recipe cards. Participation available anywhere reachable by snail mail.Diaspora Dumplings Potluck + Archiving Party
The first additions to the above recipe card collection originate from the Diaspora Dumplings Potluck + Archiving Party, where eight participants shared the edible results of their exploration of the richness of food as medium.
Prior to the event, each participant was mailed an invitation package outlining their culinary homework assignment. Package contents included a party invitation, an introduction letter with instructions, and a set of three blank recipe cards to guide the brainstorming process.
Each guest chef was challenged to invent, prepare, and share their very own diaspora dumpling, defined as “an inventive, cross-cultural food item made to be eaten in multiples—necessarily composed of a mixed filling that is wrapped in dough before being cooked. An edible medium for sharing who you are and where you come from.”
