Description
A Taste of Freedom celebrates the foods that comfort us and the cultures that bring them to our tables—from soup joumou in Haiti to cornbread in the American South, from borscht in Ukraine to tortillas, pone, and hoecakes across Central and North America. These flavors carry stories of home, resilience, and belonging. Sharing a good meal has always been one of the simplest ways to bring people together, helping loved ones and strangers alike feel at home. The piece invites us to reflect on the kind of nation we want to help cultivate.
(For detailed references within the poem see the footnotes below the poem.)
Text (excerpt):
Our food tastes like freedom;
Our food tastes like peace;
Our food tastes like home;
Sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet.
My food tastes like Joy;
My food fills you up.
Let the flavor, that is you and me,
remind us this is home.
America, our home.
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Recording
Live recording (Choir + String Version):
2026 All-Virginia SATB Honor Choir
Sydney Guillaume, conductor
Richmond, Virginia – April 18, 2026
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