Indigenous Culinary Anthropology is the study of how food carries memory.

It examines Indigenous and Mesoamerican foodways, ingredients, flavors, culinary traditions, and the relationships that connect people to land, ancestors, community, and culture. At its heart is the understanding that food is more than nourishment—it is knowledge, identity, ceremony, and remembrance.

Through the culinary arts and cuisine, ancestral taste memory can be activated, remembered, revitalized, and regenerated for future generations.