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Table 3 Conceptual Framework

From: Savoring traditions: culinary memory, familial identity, and authenticity of meen curry in Kerala

Creator

Work

Concept/ideas

Mark Swislocki

“Culinary Nostalgia: Regional Food Culture and the Urban Experience in Shanghai”

“the recollection or purposive evocation of another time and place through food “and food is not just “the object of nostalgia” but also “articulates nostalgia” [22]

Rachel Laudan

“Desperately Seeking Authenticity”

“"Authentic" suits our resources, our kitchens, our prejudices and our tastes. It is our selection (and adaptation)” [23]

Moisio R, Arnould EJ, Price LL

“Between Mothers and Markets: Constructing family identity through homemade food”

“…past memories and experiences of consuming the food and of family members who prepared the food, which become family narrative becomes a part of a family’s identity” [9]

Tulasi Srinivas

“Everyday Exotic: Transnational Spaces, Identity and Contemporary Foodways in Bangalore City”

“appropriate way of appreciating the food and the presentation of food as an adventure to a strange and exotic land in the meal is part of what I call, the ‘performance of authenticity’ ”[24]

“As Mother Made It’- The Cosmopolitan Indian Family”

“fuelled by a ‘narrative of anxiety’ over ‘authentic’ foods—” as mother made them”—the act of eating is transformed into a performance of 'gastro-nostalgia' [25]