Camille Bégin
Writer and historian specializing in food studies and author of Taste of the Nation; contributor to Gastronomica and author of essays and a forthcoming food memoir exploring taste and illness.
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Apr 3, 2026 • 41min
Chiang Mai 2015
Camille Bégin, writer and food historian (author of Taste of the Nation), recounts a 2015 family trip to Chiang Mai that becomes entangled with haze, illness, and care. She discusses the sensory power of smoke, shifting from archival food history to personal memoir, the allure and politics of culinary tourism, and how meals anchor moments of crisis.
Apr 3, 2026 • 41min
Chiang Mai 2015
Camille Bégin, writer and historian of food (author of Taste of the Nation), reflects on a 2015 trip to Chiang Mai amid haze, illness, and failed culinary tourism. Short scenes focus on how smoky skies frame memory, the politics of food travel, meals as care rituals, and the move from academic research to intimate creative nonfiction.
