What does cultural reclamation taste like? With this artwork I introduced three other Greek-Americans to the Orthodox tradition Clean Monday, the start of the Lenten season. It’s a public holiday in Greece and is celebrated with a meal of traditional foods that fit within the fasting restrictions of Lent. For this project, the four of us hosted simultaneous dinner parties, cooking some of the same foods. In this we were joined not only with each other but with the Greek diaspora celebrating Clean Monday around the globe. As someone who is not Orthodox Christian but adopted this holiday as an adult, I set out to use art to help other Greek-Americans connect with our culture and with others in the omogenia (Greek diaspora).
