food life story

I won’t tell the details, because I want to respect the privacy of our conversation, which was not a formal interview at all.

But I will tell you a wonderful way to get people talking, even when the people don’t know each other, as was the case for me this afternoon. Two individuals, notable for being from widely divergent demographics: age, gender, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, who have chosen different, shall we say, ‘lifestyles’ and I asked them a single question (to start…)

Where did you learn to cook?

Yes, I followed up with questions about who cooked for their childhood family and did they get to help in the kitchen? Were there certain foods they still love from their childhood? Etc. Etc.

But they also began to ask each other follow-up questions. And I also got to share a bit of my take on the PFIC and how women were told that processed food was better and easier… etc. etc.

Anyway, I offer this suggestion for anytime you need to make conversation… ask people about some part of their FLS. Any food/family topic will get most people talking.