FORMOSAN MILLETS CULTURE: IDENTITY AND RESURGENCE
Introduction Taiwan has a reputation for food. After having spent a month on the island, I can now fully understand why. In Formosa, I discovered some of the most intricate combinations of flavour I had the chance to taste to this day; from the lean mountain meats served in the mountain of the Taroko National Park, to the rich grilled fish eaten in Taimali, without forgetting the astonishing quantity of dumplings consumed in the streets of the cities. Nevertheless, despite the fact that I was able to experience unreal fusions of savour that I could only dream of reproducing, toward the end of the month, I started to deplore that exoticism and to nostalgically wish for a basic bowl of pasta summarizing my boring, but familiar diet. Because food is not only a means of subsistence, a nutrient that we have to consume three times a day in order to be alive; food is part of who we are and can become a marker of w hat we want to repres ent. Think about pretty much any locations
