This project aims to examine the impact of recent "quasi-seismic" events, such as the spike in food prices and the COVID-19 pandemic, on food practices in contemporary Portugal from a sociological perspective. The research will focus on how routines related to food acquisition, preparation, and consumption are being affected by recent crises, which groups and individuals are most vulnerable, and what coping strategies they are resorting to. Additionally, the project will explore how factors such as income, class, family, and gender shape daily routines, possibilities, and preferences concerning food and eating, providing insight into the coordination of social relations, the relationship between identities and consumption patterns, and the differences between standards and actual performances. The project will also investigate the frequency, nature, and social contexts of eating events, and work with three main hypotheses: that changes in food practices brought about by rising living costs are mediated by preexisting inequalities and are likely to exacerbate differences, reinforcing social divides; that food practices are deeply ingrained in everyday life and are simultaneously robust and diverse; and that major disruptive events, such as war or the pandemic, have non-linear impacts on ongoing processes of change in food consumption.