Author: joseph.patricio

an introduction a history of cooking is a history of feelings. sensations felt by the body while submitted to the alchemic process of fire, water, air, metal, earth and heart into one series of rituals. it is in fact a theatre of a thousand acts, and one could break it down based on the feelings… Continue reading the cooking body

from Marjorie Brans, a guest of a Nowhere Kitchen dinner that served 'Social Rolls' inspired by the Vietnamese rice paper rolls. Originally published by the author in 11 January 2017, two years after attending this dinner. A few years ago, I attended a formal business dinner with a surprise: guests were to prepare the meal.… Continue reading #Unlearning in the 21st Century Economy: Lessons from a Vietnamese Spring Roll

Leftover is perhaps a term we encounter everyday. They have always been there. However, what it refers to has also varied through temporal contexts, cultural habits and semiotic values born out of these habits. Yet we recognize their presence: quiet (sometimes invisible) archives that mark our human choreographies of production and consumption that remain unfinished… Continue reading Leftover

Serendipity refers to occurrences of unexpected encounters, pleasant surprises and accidental discoveries or 'eureka' moments. They are delicate phenomena that create such an impact to the recipient of the experience precisely because of the uncertainty that precedes its advent. he earliest recorded use of the word 'serendipity' dates back to 18th century, when art historian… Continue reading Serendipity

Synopsis The English etymology of the word ‘leftover’ referring to excess food was first used in the late 19th century. The context of its use coincided with progressive forms of food storage industrialisation (i.e. invention of the fridge, then tupperware, then seram wrap, then microwave, then doggy bag). It also manufactured with it a general… Continue reading Cooking the Commons