Choux Questionnaire

Abstract

A riff on the well-riffed Proust Questionnaire, the CFS Choux Questionnaire is meant to elicit a tasty and perhaps surprising experience, framed within a seemingly humble exterior. (And yes, some questions have a bit more craquelin than others.) Straightforward on their own, the queries combined start to form a celebratory pyramid of extravagance. How that composite croquembouche is assembled and taken apart, however, is up to the respondents and readers to determine. Respondents are invited to answer as many questions as they choose.

The final question posed—What question would you add to this questionnaire?—prompts each respondent to incorporate their own inquisitive biome into the mix, feeding a forever renewed starter culture for future participants.

Our Choux Questionnaire respondent for this issue is Bryan Dale. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environment, Agriculture, and Geography at Bishop's University, located on Abenaki Territory in Sherbrooke, QC. Before Bishop’s, Bryan was a postdoctoral fellow at the Culinaria Research Centre at U of T Scarborough. His research and teaching cover a range of topics, including food sovereignty, agroecology, climate change, environmental justice, social movements, agriculture, food security, and labour and equality in the food system.