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-[[open sauces reader]] p11 +These pieces really set stadnard in the industry.
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-===foamfood=== +
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-For many people, FoAM equals food. Food gathering as performance art, +
-preparation as design-science, consumption as social celebration and +
-distribution as participatory economics. Beside being self-taught cooks +
-and foodies, we are authentic 'food geeks'. With our keen interest in +
-culinology (or the 'science of deliciousness'), as well as the social +
-and economic aspects of food, we work to demystify the processes of food +
-and food systems. +
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-Food grows from our relationship with the environment and it should be +
-cherished and respected as such. Living in urban surroundings, many +
-people have forgotten that our roofs, walls and basements can become +
-edible landscapes. Beside re-learning how to grow our own food in +
-permaculture gardens of varying scales, we're also looking at the +
-possibilities for wild-food gathering, alternative trading routes, +
-nomadic kitchens, as well as designing no-waste cycles of food +
-preparation, consumption, digestion and excretion. Having a deeper +
-understanding of the substances and processes that make up our diets +
-will become an essential skill in the increasingly turbulent +
-environments. On the one hand, we can have a better grasp on traditions, +
-in order to keep them alive. On the other hand, we will be able to more +
-easily adapt to new diets, or even invent new cuisines, based on the +
-availability of energy and ingredients. +
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-Looking at it from a social perspective, food isn’t just a biological +
-fuel, it's also a communal lubricant, one of the oldest cultural +
-products, a symbol of hospitality and bonding. Shared food rituals (from +
-simple lunches to festive banquets) can bond a diverse group of people +
-together better than most verbal or visual communication. Eating a +
-wholesome meal together is associated with physical, but also +
-psychological pleasure, abundance or even play. The entire process of +
-turning growing things into mouth-watering dishes can be filled with +
-excitement. At FoAM, we incorporate food into everything we do: from +
-transdisciplinary team-building, to thematic food events and weekly +
-meetings. We start in the wild, move onto farmers' markets, build +
-relationships with co-ops around the world, or 'fabricate our own' in +
-kitchen-style chemistry labs. We then proceed with meticulous food +
-experiments; whether working with the forgotten tastes of wild plants, +
-exploring ‘time-based’ textures, pairing flavours based on their +
-chemical constituents, or mixing food and digital media. We look for +
-dishes that can nourish people's souls, as well as their senses. +
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-As the gastronome Brilliat-Savarin noted three centuries ago, “the +
-discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery +
-of a new star”. +
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