ambivore (noun)
ambivorous (adj.) ambivory (noun)
1. One who experiences deep ambivalence about food, typically resulting from excessive reading. Or from being raised in a family.
2. A state of inner turmoil precipitated by food morality clashing with food passions (e.g., disgust for factory farming vs. love for hangover-breakfast bacon).
3. One who demonstrates the following qualities in the kitchen (also known as the “tasty trifecta”): curiosity, passion, adventure.
Food is so much more than simple nutrition: it’s our first love, it’s woven into religious rituals, it underwrites some of our most cherished memories, it’s connected to our cultural values, ethics, politics, ecology. We use it to play, seduce, commune. It’s also the place we serve up the ugly: side dishes of passive aggression and sarcasm at family holiday dinners, endless negotiating about food with fussy children, re-enactments of gender roles as though we’ve just exited the primordial cave.
The Ambivore is a space for play, for musing; it’s what we do over food: we talk. Take a bite and join us, Stag n’ Turnip, as we poke around the beautiful and complicated relationships we have with food.
