Gloria Anzaldúa, Borderlands/LaFrontera: The New Mestiza

In honor of Thanksgiving, some words about the powerful relationship between food and memory: “For me food and certain smells are tied to my identity, to my homeland. Woodsmoke curling up to an immense blue sky; woodsmoke perfuming my grandmother’s clothes, her skin … Even now and 3,000 miles away, I can see my mother…