Chinese Chopsticks and Hierarchy
Chinese food is commonly eaten with chopsticks. Several years ago, the use of a fork and knife was believed to stand for violence whereas chopsticks [...]
Bansang of Korea
In a Korean bansang, everything is served prior to commencement of eating. Servings are oriented to individuals, in contrast to the communal Korean barbecue. The [...]
Around The Bohri Thaal
Ummul is a dentist by profession and a CrossFit junkie at heart. Our affinity for one another dates back over a decade, when we went [...]
Japanese Ichiju-Sansai
The Japanese believe that table manners are more important to their culture than the food itself. While they do not necessarily use matching sets of [...]
Fasting, The Feeling Of Home
Ruchita is a product designer from India currently based in France. Eager to apply her knowledge of design thinking to thr world of food, she [...]
Thali of North India
Thali is a popular choice that informs the eating ritual across several states in India. The big round steel plate is lined peripherally with small [...]
Building Intrigue Around Disgusting Food
For many years, Andres Ahrens, Director of the Disgusting Food Museum saw how food was used to increase otherness. Each of us, at some point, [...]
Langar of the Sikhs
All visitors share holy offering in the form of a communal meal at the Sikh Gurudwara - this is called Langar. For the Sikh community, [...]
Belgian Rice Pie
Elise is a Belgian industrial designer based in Barcelona. Her experimental, speculative approach to eating design is fascinating. We connected when she attended a virtual [...]
Mumma’s Potato Fry
I met Farah at Ministry of New, the beautiful oasis we both work out of. Recognising people's half-covered, masked faces has become a current challenge [...]