Objective:

To analyze the ways in which hunger appears in the narratives of women referring to soup kitchens in the city of Córdoba, Argentina in times of pandemic.

Methodology:

There were used Mixed approach. Quantitative phase: design and implementation of a survey on quality of life in the city of Córdoba. A sample: 680 households and 2,323 people. Multistage sample design. Qualitative phase: 10 indepth interviews, group (8) and individual (2), purposive sampling based on surveyed neighborhoods.

Results:

We worked with Quantitative phase: the pandemic affected the diet of the entire population, with deeper effects in socio-segregated sectors. Qualitative phase: the problem of hunger is presented from four dimensions: 1) a past that is updated: We relive 2001, 2) the marks of hunger on the body, 3) a moral imperative to do something, 4) the outcome of food care.

Limitations:

The survey did not evaluate the habitual consumption of foods, nor the replacements within the same group.

Conclusions:

A menu based on wings, bread, rice, and noodles gives materiality to the complex relationships between science, politics and subjectivities. This food repertoire moves away from the discursive on the part of science and state policy but leaves a mark on the subjectivities of those who care and are cared for.

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