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THE POLITICS OF FOOD

Raed Yassin, Self Portrait with Foreign Fruits and Vegetables, 2012
‘The Politics of Food brings together 22 artists, curators and thinkers from across the globe to explore an array of strategies that address the history, politics, economics and ethics of food production, consumption, distribution and display.’

THE LIFE-CHANGING LOAF OF BREAD

It’s reaching that time of year where one reflects on the year that was, and the adventures that lie for the year ahead, and all those life-changing thoughts and things. One of my favourite life-changing moments of 2013 was discovering The life-changing loaf of bread. Seriously, this bread is so good and so very deserving [...]

BLOGGING IN 2013

One of the most interesting categories in the annual Lead Awards is “Weblog of the Year” – the list of nominations give you get a feeling of what topics get a lot of resonance in the public eye. This year’s winner has been mentioned here before – congratulations to What Ali Wore by Zoe Spawton. [...]

PADDOCK TO PLATE

It’s spring in the southern hemisphere and today I went on the inaugural ‘Paddock to Plate Tour‘ in conjunction with the 2013 Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. If you find yourself in the garden city of Toowoomba next spring I can highly recommend this tour (and you will even come across pineapples)!

SUNDAY BBQ COOKING

These beetroot & feta burgers from Green Kitchen Stories come highly recommended to make, bbq and eat!

#OCCUPYGEZI SUPPORT

#Occupygezi attracts more and more support from all over the world. Berlin residents can show solidarity tonight by joining the fundraising event Weeboogie 4 Istanbul, with musical support by Juke Ellington, Salute and Paul Pre. Resist with music and pizza!
Weeboogie 4 Istanbul
At Chesters / 10 pm
Glogauer Str. 2, 10999 Berlin

MARMITE

You can divide the world into those who like and those who don’t like Marmite, or at least the Anglo-Saxon world, since the rest of us are likely not to have heard of Marmite ever before. So for the uninitiated, the BBC’s Good Food section (and I can hear a roar of cynical sneering coming [...]

THE GREEN KITCHEN

The Green Kitchen is my new favourite cookbook. A taste of what you will find in the book can be found on their website/blog, Green Kitchen Stories. You may be tempted to try the Roasted Butternut and Coconut Soup pictured below, or the Raw Buckwheat Porridge De Luxe pictured below that, or the Vegan Apple and [...]

PUNK & OYSTERS

Last week our mono.kultur #33 with the great Kim Gordon, was successfully launched in Glasgow. Although ‘Washing Machine. Noise Reloaded’ was a night dedicated to Punk, we couldn’t help to spoil our guests with some Oysters and Bloody Mary’s served by our friend Luke Collins. Watching a documentary on Sonic Youth while slurping Oysters! Is [...]

TACO

Vatos-Tacos is a taco truck in Berlin that is being run by two music producers.  Besides delicious tacos and quesadillas in Tex-Mex style, cassettes or vinyls chosen by the owners turn the world into a better place. Almost every Thursday the vibe of the truck changes a little bit with the music of good musicians [...]