ACTIVITY MATERIALS

• Notebook
• Pencil
• Phone

ACTIVITY PROMPT

Now it’s time to connect your dish to someone who knows it well. Interview a person who is part of this dish’s story—maybe a family member, a neighbor, or anyone who’s cooked, eaten, or shared this dish with you.

• Conduct the interview (live or by phone/video call)
• Take notes or record it (with permission)

ACTIVITY PROMPT

Interview Questions

Feel free to use some of the questions below and add some new one!

• Can you tell me about a memory you have with this dish?
• What makes your version of this dish unique or special?
• Is there a specific way you like to prepare or serve it? Why?
• Is there a story or memory that always comes to mind when you think of this dish?
• What emotions do you associate with making or eating this dish? If this dish were a feeling, what would it be?
• If it were a color, what would that be?
• If it were a sound, what would that be?
• What would you want someone to know if they were making this dish for the first time?

2 hr

ACTIVITY PROMPT

Summarize your interview notes:

• What is the mood of your story? (Joyful, cozy, funny, calm?)
• What moment or memory stands out the most? Can you include that in your animation?
• What details from the answers can guide your creative choices?
• Feeling = How ingredients move (fast? slow?)
• Color = Background or lighting
• Sound = Music or imagined sound effects
• Story = Opening or closing scene

30 min

HAVE

FUN!