Essays by Christina Gdisis
Essays on food, season, and the cultural rhythms that make life feel whole
Beyond the classes and kitchen, I write.
Personal essays published most weeks on Substack - on food and ancestry, eating with the seasons, conscious plant-based living, and what I find at tables in Greece, Bali, Seoul, and beyond. My grandmother Giannoula shows up often. So does the question I keep returning to: what does it mean to eat like you belong somewhere?
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Some essays to start with...
On the structure of a life well-lived and what gets lost when the scaffolding comes down.
On inherited recognition and a bowl of chickpeas that brought me home.
On jeon, spanakopita, and the work of keeping food and memory alive.