Research Article| November 01 2021 Classical Dishes, Taste, and Violence Joel Rodrigues Joel Rodrigues Joel Rodrigues is an independent researcher based in Guwahati, India. He has an MA in peace and conflict studies from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. His research themes are law, violence, food, and memory. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Gastronomica (2021) 21 (4): 35–41. https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2021.21.4.35 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Joel Rodrigues; Classical Dishes, Taste, and Violence. Gastronomica 1 November 2021; 21 (4): 35–41. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2021.21.4.35 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentGastronomica Search In August 2020, I was watching an episode from season twelve of “MasterChef Australia.” Enjoying the show in my Guwahati home during mealtime had become a daily routine for my companion and me. This episode was an elimination episode with two rounds. Round One’s challenge was to cook a classical dish, selected from a list provided by the show’s producers, in a constrained amount of time. MasterChef contestants often must cook dishes from global recipes, but this episode triggered childhood memories for me because on the list was a Goan dish—Beef Vindaloo paired with naan and rice. Naan is not a traditional pairing for anything Goan, and thankfully no one chose to cook it. But what got me reflecting on my cultural cuisine was a judge’s instructions to contestants to “cook one of them and cook it perfectly. Do... © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California2021 You do not currently have access to this content.