Dhoop:
exploring food
stories at the
intersection of
nature,
culture,
sustainability, and design ![]()
Dhoop:
exploring food
stories at the
intersection of
nature,
culture,
sustainability, and design ![]()
ISSUE 2
dhoop and Commensality
What does the act of eating together mean to you? The second issue looks to explore, break down and magnify the varied meanings of Commensality.
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Issue 1: dhoop + Food

Endless Summer
Apoorva Sripathi
FEATURE
How I Always Carry a Piece of Home With Me
Anusha Murthy
NARRATIVE
Eating Rose and Crystals
Amrita AmesurCurated Reading List
︎︎︎︎ Commensality: From Everyday Food to Feast // Susanne Kerner, Cynthia Chou, Morten Warmind
︎︎︎ Deciphering a Meal // Mary Douglas
︎︎︎ Revivifying Commensality in Moveable Gardens: Itineraries and Sanctuaries of Memory // David Sutton, edited by Virginia D. Nazarea and Terese Gagnon
︎︎︎ Becoming an ‘Other Human’: On the Role of Eating Together in Crisis Greece // David Sutton
︎︎︎Consumer Citizenship: Instant Noodles in India // Amita Baviskar ︎ Editor’s Choice






Not all photos of eating together make it to the gram. Why? Perhaps they were taken with the intention of capturing the moment, the memories, and — the experience of eating together for the moment itself.
The purpose of this series is to gather images from your photo galleries that show us the memories we hold dear - whether it's bad lighting, food in takeaway boxes, or the cutlery that isn't aesthetically set up.