http://www.culiblog.org Food, food culture, food as culture and the cultures that grow our food Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:35:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our first tamped earth oven lacks some structural-integrity Hey there lovers... of food-system infrastructure, this weekend (June 26 & 27) from 13.00h we will pilot the DIY-Mmmmuseum of Oven Typologies (Dutch acronym is DHZMOT) at Art at the Pool during the Sloterplas Festival in Amsterdam. (Links are in Dutch, unfortch.) Tamp 500 ... http://www.culiblog.org/2010/06/diy-mmmmuseum-of-oven-typologies/ Shrine of *Chametz in the foyer belies the seat-of-the-pants factor of Pesach-ultra-lite. This is me nullifying my chametz. And here's another question for tonight: What kind of gawd would ask us to throw out locally grown soft whole wheat flour from the ancient fields of Osdorp? Happy Passover, y'all. * - Chametz ... http://www.culiblog.org/2010/03/chametz-shrine/ Pots made with paper from junk mail. Now that all the folks are gone I can start using my window sills again to get the kitchen garden started. Filled with potting compost and seeds. That crazy climate delivered us a bitter and lengthy winter, such that seasonally, we're 6 weeks behind schedule. Whatever sprouts ... http://www.culiblog.org/2010/03/late-blooming/ An endive, dying a little in order to live a lot Early last week I invited some of my lady posse over for dinner on Saturday. In the spirit of more is more, if only under less auspicious circumstances, I called upon this constellation of girls because not all of them ... http://www.culiblog.org/2010/02/fresh-blood-let-me-dispel-the-myth/ some things never change... Image used entirely without permission. Thank you Fourmilab. Image used entirely without permission. Thank you Fourmilab. Image used entirely without permission. Thank you Fourmilab. Image used entirely without permission. Thank you Fourmilab. Image used entirely without permission. Thank you Fourmilab. Image used entirely without permission. Thank you Fourmilab. Image used entirely without permission. ... http://www.culiblog.org/2010/02/working-your-land-with-a-heavy-hand/ But not completely; like gardener, like garden. January demonstration of rocket hardiness. While I was back in Northern California complaining that no one heats their homes, here in the Polar Circle the canals had frozen thick. We'd had night frost since the end of November, and until last Sunday this garden was ... http://www.culiblog.org/2010/01/slim-pickins-winter-salad-heq-yeah-were-hardy/ Upended and neglected by one animal forager, arranged and shot for identification by another. In order to secure from landslide the steep incline that cups our house, my father planted it full of trees whose main job in life is to become really large. Something like 30 years ago, he introduced ... http://www.culiblog.org/2010/01/myco-blitz-fruiting-bodies/ Guess you could nail a shingle to any old shoe... On a recent trip to the border between rural and urban Amsterdam I got a look-see into the tamping-technique of Farmer Wim Bijma. He produces organic leafy greens that you can order online and pick up on site. Despite it's reputation, ... http://www.culiblog.org/2009/10/the-real-dirt-on-farmer-wims-clogs/ Time to Meet jack o' lantern gifted to the UM dinner by Alowieke of Transition Town Utrecht. When Guus Beumer, artistic director of the Utrecht Manifest: Biennial for Social Design, asked me what I would like to contribute to the 2009 edition, I responded with a programme called Ultimate Meeting. I ... http://www.culiblog.org/2009/10/a-time-to-meet-a-time-to-compost-your-jack-o-lantern/ Didn't go to the farmers' market this Saturday One of the reasons I gave my Amsterdam kitchen garden the name Slim Pickins was to show that even a postage stamp-sized garden with a relatively little crop could serve up a surprising amount of food. But the real reason was that it ... http://www.culiblog.org/2009/09/not-piss-poor-fertilized-with-pee/