Food, Familia, and Finding My Why: My Journey with Food, Cultura & Identity

What does food really mean to you?In this solo episode, I dive into my personal journey with food. From growing up eating Mexican food every day to the moment everything shifted when my dad had a stroke in high school. I share how witnessing this sparked a lifelong curiosity about health, ingredients, and the deep connection between cultura and what we put on our plates.From tacos de lengua to roasted eggplant mole, from my family joking that all I eat is lechuga lechuga to honoring my ancestors' way of eating, this episode is all about food, familia, and the ongoing journey of becoming more intentional about how we nourish ourselves and seeing the abundance of ingredients in our roots.In this episode:Growing up eating Mexican food and the memories attached to itHow my dad's stroke became my first real pivot with foodWhy I walked away from labels like "vegan" and "vegetarian"How this journey allowed me to see the abundance of ingredients in our culturaWhy eating healthier doesn't mean letting go of your cultura✨ Get my children's book Two Homes / Dos Casas and more at 👉 edithsuarez.com/booksCultura Convos is a space for stories and reflections of identidad y cultura because there's no one identity that defines us.