Dear everyone,

I would like to announce that my first book has just been launched in Spanish by Fondo Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. “Comiendo Con El Corazón: Cómo La Comida Abre (o No) Espacios de Integración en Lima” (Eating With The Heart: How Food Opens (or not) Spaces of Integration in Lima.”). The book is based on my doctoral research in sociology that I conducted in Peru over a period of 8 years. It is about why Peruvian food is so important to people from Peru's capital, Lima. Why eating makes us feel warm in the heart and why it is so special at different levels of social life. Far from this being just an emotional thing, my book shows this is not just about food, but about history, our memories of having gone through social crises, the way the city of Lima was designed and grew through the 20th and 21st century, politics and the economy, and the social relationships between different social groups and migrants in the city of Lima.

Even though the book is based on rigorous academic research, it is written for a general readership who can be interested in the topic. Researching the topic and writing about it was my labour of love for almost a decade; so I hope, if you get to read it, you will find some of these ideas interesting and maybe even make you think about food, society and our sense of self. Wherever you are located in the world, you can purchase a copy of it directly from the editorial on the following link: Comer con el corazón. Cómo la comida abre (o no) espacios de integración en la ciudad de Lima

In the meantime, I leave here a few images of the cover, description and argument. I would love to read your reactions and comments if you get to read it.

Kind regards from London,

Luis