Elizabeth Schiffler

GFI Fellow - Class of 2022

Graduate student, Ph.D. candidate in theater & performance studies (with graduate certificate in food studies)
UCLA

DESCRIPTION

2022-23 GFI student fellow

Messmates: At the Table with Unlikely Foods. This collaboration with LA County's Food Equity Roundtable, and other national food equity nonprofits, will develop a cookbook that instructs educators and nonprofit programmers to create an immersive performance art dining experience. The book showcases 3 recipes from Los Angeles based chefs who are negotiating what and how we eat through story, artistry, and creativity. Geared towards high school and college aged audiences to apply creative thinking, learn basic cooking skills, and appreciate (savor) “unlikely” and recovered food.