“Staple: What’s on Your Plate?” the inaugural offering at Jeddah’s new Hayy Jameel art center, was a rigorous, generous show; spending time with it felt like taking a spoon to an avocado to scoop at the richer green layer next to the skin. The show went beyond the question in its subtitle, asking not just what’s there but how it got there. Curated by Rahul Gudipudi of Jameel and Dani Burrows of Delfina Foundation, the exhibition explored foodways from Saudi Arabia and beyond, with an emphasis on the port city of Jeddah’s rich cosmopolitanism resulting from centuries of pilgrimage to nearby Mecca.