Mouth: full

Blog posts

  • Play by the rules

    Play by the rules

    I’m suggesting that, as adults, we also play when we’re eating, and yet we still tell children not to play with their food. It’s not as if we are totally serious when eating with young children either. There is a whole industry built around making food ‘fun’ for the kids. Read more

  • Stop feeding the kids

    Stop feeding the kids

    The language we use for one of the most fundamental aspects of life­–providing food for our loved ones­–is weighted toward the role of the person giving the food. The word ‘feeding’ shapes our understanding of eating as primarily a one-directional process where the giver is agentic and the receiver is not. Read more

  • Talking with your mouth full

    Talking with your mouth full

    There are a whole range of sounds that lie at the edges of language, not quite words nor signs, but which are nevertheless an important part of how we make sense of what each other is saying. These sounds are crucial to understanding each other when we’re eating. Without them, we would not know that… Read more