Dining With the Dead: When Food Bridges Worlds

What can a single bite reveal about the past or the people we’ve lost? Sam Kean and Daria Lavelle explore food as a powerful medium that transcends centuries and even death itself. In Dinner with King Tut, Kean travels the globe to resurrect lost tastes and experiences through experimental archaeology, while Lavelle’s debut novel Aftertaste conjures a world where the living can share one last meal with the dead. Together, they’ll discuss how food evokes memory, shapes identity, and connects us to the mysteries of both history and the afterlife.