Ube Industrial Complex Cover Art design by Andre Canta
In this episode of Ube Industrial Complex, Professors Karen Tongson (USC), Adrian De Leon (NYU), and James Zarsadiaz (USF) each talk about their “Proustian madeleine” or the taste sensation that sends their memories flooding back, and sets them off “in search of things past.” They think critically about the role nostalgia plays in their food worlds, while exploring how place, fantasy, and the formation of taste is related to certain Filipino foods.
