"Some people ask me 'but where is imperialism?' Just look at your plates when you eat. You see the imported corn, rice, or millet. This is imperialism."
- Thomas Sankara
When one considers the history of culinary imperialism and the hierarchies of food, it is imperative to recognize that food itself, along with food choices, is influenced and constrained by cultural, political, and economic values, representing an important part of the construction and maintenance of distinctive patterns of alimentary domination…