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Design Strategist / Educator / Collaborative Innovator. Gets excited over Pop Culture, Street Food Culture and Design Futures.
Apr 30, 2019 10 tweets 3 min read
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#StreetFood on @Netflix is a glorious AND timely reminder of the power of street food in the daily rituals of cities. I was fortunate enough to study #Portland’s street food scene. There are usually 4 key narratives that shape street food sites (and cities). Briefly, they are:
1. Food Stories - Here, the food served reflects the vendors’ desired cultural identity markers - manifested in terms of the way the food is presented, the culinary history of the food and the name of the food item on the menu.