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Once Upon a Bite is an evening of stories, conversation, and food that explores how what we eat shapes who we are. From the forests of the Brothers Grimm to today’s tales of migration and home, food in folklore is not only sustenance but also enchantment, temptation, danger, and reward. Through readings, discussion, and a food sampling inspired by traditional folktales, you are invited to explore how food carries memory across time and borders. The evening concludes with a shared recipe exchange for a Digital Storybook Cookbook, a living archive of dishes and stories.
Food and wine for the evening are made possible through the generous support of UA Ruhr and 1014. Participants are asked to contribute $30 to help cover costs and confirm their registration for this intimate evening of stories and flavors.
Come hungry for stories, and stay for the flavors!
Biographies
Dr. Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt is an Assistant Professor of American Studies at TU Dortmund University. Her research explores transnational cultural flows, with a particular interest in how food reflects and shapes cultural identity. Her Ph.D. thesis, funded in part by the Wilhelm and Günther Esser Foundation Grant at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, examined the cultural interplay between the United States and Japan, including a chapter dedicated to food culture. Dr. Laemmerhirt has held research fellowships at the Cluster of Excellence at Heidelberg University and served as a Fulbright Scholar in Residence at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. She is the author of Embracing Differences: Transnational Cultural Flows between Japan and the USA and co-editor of The Vampire Diaries as Postmodern Storytelling. Her publications span topics from media representations of Hawai‘i to refugee narratives, and she is currently writing a book on Southeast Asian American refugee stories. Deeply engaged in the power of narratives and storytelling, Dr. Laemmerhirt’s work traces how culture is carried and communicated through personal and collective memory. With research interests rooted in (Trans)Pacific Studies, Migration and Refugee Studies, and Cultural Memory, she brings valuable insight into how food serves as a powerful narrative thread across borders, histories, and homes.
Krishnendu Ray is a Professor of Food Studies at NYU. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from SUNY Binghamton in 2001 and holds a master’s degree in Political Science from Delhi University, India. Prior to joining the NYU faculty in 2005, Krishnendu was a faculty member and an Acting Associate Dean for Curriculum Development at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA). A food studies scholar, he is the author of The Migrant’s Table: Meals and Memories in Bengali-American Households (Temple University, 2004) and The Ethnic Restaurateur (Bloomsbury 2016). He co-edited Curried Cultures: Globalization, Food and South Asia (University of California Press, 2012), and special issues on "Street Vending and Global Cities" in Food, Culture & Society 24, 1 (Spring 2021), and "Culinary Cultures on the Move" in Verge Studies in Global Asias 9, 2 (Fall 2023).
Chef Eduard Frauneder, Restaurateur, is an acclaimed Austrian/American chef and one of the youngest to be Michelin-starred, with over seventeen years of culinary experience. He opened his first concept restaurant, Bistro Andromeda for the UN headquarters in Vienna and later became the executive chef for the Austrian ambassador to the United Kingdom. In 2001 he started to operate the Private Delegates Dining Room located in the German Mission to the United Nations building in New York City, where he remains active today. Edi has been featured in various broadcast programs including a victory on Iron Chef America, as a judge on The Food Network’s Chopped, CBS The Dish, and as a season winner on Esquire Network’s Knife Fight.
Once Upon a Bite is an evening of stories, conversation, and food that explores how what we eat shapes who we are. From the forests of the Brothers Grimm to today’s tales of migration and home, food in folklore is not only sustenance but also enchantment, temptation, danger, and reward. Through readings, discussion, and a food sampling inspired by traditional folktales, you are invited to explore how food carries memory across time and borders. The evening concludes with a shared recipe exchange for a Digital Storybook Cookbook, a living archive of dishes and stories.
Food and wine for the evening are made possible through the generous support of UA Ruhr and 1014. Participants are asked to contribute $30 to help cover costs and confirm their registration for this intimate evening of stories and flavors.
Come hungry for stories, and stay for the flavors!
Biographies
Dr. Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt is an Assistant Professor of American Studies at TU Dortmund University. Her research explores transnational cultural flows, with a particular interest in how food reflects and shapes cultural identity. Her Ph.D. thesis, funded in part by the Wilhelm and Günther Esser Foundation Grant at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, examined the cultural interplay between the United States and Japan, including a chapter dedicated to food culture. Dr. Laemmerhirt has held research fellowships at the Cluster of Excellence at Heidelberg University and served as a Fulbright Scholar in Residence at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. She is the author of Embracing Differences: Transnational Cultural Flows between Japan and the USA and co-editor of The Vampire Diaries as Postmodern Storytelling. Her publications span topics from media representations of Hawai‘i to refugee narratives, and she is currently writing a book on Southeast Asian American refugee stories. Deeply engaged in the power of narratives and storytelling, Dr. Laemmerhirt’s work traces how culture is carried and communicated through personal and collective memory. With research interests rooted in (Trans)Pacific Studies, Migration and Refugee Studies, and Cultural Memory, she brings valuable insight into how food serves as a powerful narrative thread across borders, histories, and homes.
Krishnendu Ray is a Professor of Food Studies at NYU. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from SUNY Binghamton in 2001 and holds a master’s degree in Political Science from Delhi University, India. Prior to joining the NYU faculty in 2005, Krishnendu was a faculty member and an Acting Associate Dean for Curriculum Development at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA). A food studies scholar, he is the author of The Migrant’s Table: Meals and Memories in Bengali-American Households (Temple University, 2004) and The Ethnic Restaurateur (Bloomsbury 2016). He co-edited Curried Cultures: Globalization, Food and South Asia (University of California Press, 2012), and special issues on "Street Vending and Global Cities" in Food, Culture & Society 24, 1 (Spring 2021), and "Culinary Cultures on the Move" in Verge Studies in Global Asias 9, 2 (Fall 2023).
Chef Eduard Frauneder, Restaurateur, is an acclaimed Austrian/American chef and one of the youngest to be Michelin-starred, with over seventeen years of culinary experience. He opened his first concept restaurant, Bistro Andromeda for the UN headquarters in Vienna and later became the executive chef for the Austrian ambassador to the United Kingdom. In 2001 he started to operate the Private Delegates Dining Room located in the German Mission to the United Nations building in New York City, where he remains active today. Edi has been featured in various broadcast programs including a victory on Iron Chef America, as a judge on The Food Network’s Chopped, CBS The Dish, and as a season winner on Esquire Network’s Knife Fight.
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Once Upon a Bite is an evening of stories, conversation, and food that explores how what we eat shapes who we are. From the forests of the Brothers Grimm to today’s tales of migration and home, food in folklore is not only sustenance but also enchantment, temptation, danger, and reward. Through readings, discussion, and a food sampling inspired by traditional folktales, you are invited to explore how food carries memory across time and borders. The evening concludes with a shared recipe exchange for a Digital Storybook Cookbook, a living archive of dishes and stories.
Food and wine for the evening are made possible through the generous support of UA Ruhr and 1014. Participants are asked to contribute $30 to help cover costs and confirm their registration for this intimate evening of stories and flavors.
Come hungry for stories, and stay for the flavors!
Biographies
Dr. Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt is an Assistant Professor of American Studies at TU Dortmund University. Her research explores transnational cultural flows, with a particular interest in how food reflects and shapes cultural identity. Her Ph.D. thesis, funded in part by the Wilhelm and Günther Esser Foundation Grant at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, examined the cultural interplay between the United States and Japan, including a chapter dedicated to food culture. Dr. Laemmerhirt has held research fellowships at the Cluster of Excellence at Heidelberg University and served as a Fulbright Scholar in Residence at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. She is the author of Embracing Differences: Transnational Cultural Flows between Japan and the USA and co-editor of The Vampire Diaries as Postmodern Storytelling. Her publications span topics from media representations of Hawai‘i to refugee narratives, and she is currently writing a book on Southeast Asian American refugee stories. Deeply engaged in the power of narratives and storytelling, Dr. Laemmerhirt’s work traces how culture is carried and communicated through personal and collective memory. With research interests rooted in (Trans)Pacific Studies, Migration and Refugee Studies, and Cultural Memory, she brings valuable insight into how food serves as a powerful narrative thread across borders, histories, and homes.
Krishnendu Ray is a Professor of Food Studies at NYU. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from SUNY Binghamton in 2001 and holds a master’s degree in Political Science from Delhi University, India. Prior to joining the NYU faculty in 2005, Krishnendu was a faculty member and an Acting Associate Dean for Curriculum Development at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA). A food studies scholar, he is the author of The Migrant’s Table: Meals and Memories in Bengali-American Households (Temple University, 2004) and The Ethnic Restaurateur (Bloomsbury 2016). He co-edited Curried Cultures: Globalization, Food and South Asia (University of California Press, 2012), and special issues on "Street Vending and Global Cities" in Food, Culture & Society 24, 1 (Spring 2021), and "Culinary Cultures on the Move" in Verge Studies in Global Asias 9, 2 (Fall 2023).
Chef Eduard Frauneder, Restaurateur, is an acclaimed Austrian/American chef and one of the youngest to be Michelin-starred, with over seventeen years of culinary experience. He opened his first concept restaurant, Bistro Andromeda for the UN headquarters in Vienna and later became the executive chef for the Austrian ambassador to the United Kingdom. In 2001 he started to operate the Private Delegates Dining Room located in the German Mission to the United Nations building in New York City, where he remains active today. Edi has been featured in various broadcast programs including a victory on Iron Chef America, as a judge on The Food Network’s Chopped, CBS The Dish, and as a season winner on Esquire Network’s Knife Fight.
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