【Postcard】Shi Shi Ke Ke X Atayal Pickles

On this island of Taiwan, how much do you know about the signature dishes of its diverse ethnic groups? The fond taste of home-cooked meals prepared by mothers and grandmothers, slowly blossoms in the memory of our taste buds. Shi Shi Ke Ke, exploring one's intimate connection with maternal lineage through food. Let us, together, recreate memories in our native tongues and with our own hands, and cherish the moments flowing around the dining table. Atayal Pickles | Within paper cuttings, the life memories of Lawa Silan from the Luanta village of the Atayal tribe are etched. The mountain chapel, the train journeys between Hsinchu and Hualien, Atayal pickles, and the custom, according to Atayal tradition (gaga), of gifting a celebratory pig (sapat) to relatives and friends when a daughter marries. Illustration: Wen-Chen Lin