#3: The Diplomatic Sharing of International Comfort Food
Kimchi has travelled to orbit. So have Japanese curry, Russian soups, Indian dishes, European specialities, and American holiday meals. Those packages carry more than calories. When people from several countries spend months inside the same laboratory, offering a favourite dish becomes a gentle introduction to home. Standard menus are developed for nutrition and shelf life, while personal preference containers allow crew members to bring selected foods with familiar flavours.
