Sasha Gora

Sasha Gora is a cultural historian and writer working at the intersection between food studies, contemporary art, and the environmental humanities. Her writing blends personal narrative with research and reportage, bringing together culture and criticism, memoir and art, history and politics. In 2025 the University of Toronto Press published her first book, Culinary Claims: Indigenous Restaurant Politics in Canada, and she pens both creative and academic essays for publications such as Literary Hub, Food, Culture & Society, C Magazine, Berlin Review, and Highsnobiety. She earned her PhD from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the Rachel Carson Center, and since 2023 has been based at the University of Augsburg where she leads the “Off the Menu: Appetites, Culture, and Environment” research group. Alongside her scholarship, she has a creative practice where she collaborates with artists, curators, and chefs to craft discursive eating experiences.