How to Be Cultured Menu Food “I wanted to consider all the flavors and textures in the world,” says Mishan. “There’s nothing on my list below from France, for example. Instead, I was thinking, ‘What does it mean to really know food, and the ways in which people have eaten over time?’” “This dish combines something that might go unnoticed — porridge, a staple we don’t typically single out — with smoked reindeer heart, an Indigenous food that’s essential to the lives of people in the Arctic.