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  • Compost truck
    Creative Work • 16 Nov 11
    Compost Mobile is a Miami-based initiative that collects household food scraps and turns it into compost for community gardens. >
  • Surplus food truck
    Creative Work • 16 Nov 11
    The Lucky Mi Fortune Cooking project is a mobile truck that collects food nearing their supermarket sell-by date and uses it in culinary experiments. >
  • Story of an African farm
    Point of View • 16 Nov 11
    The untapped natural resources of the African continent are not easily assimilated into global food security issues. >
  • Biting bytes
    Point of View • 16 Nov 11
    “Every day 1.5 billion cups of tea are enjoyed throughout the world” and other things that you didn’t know about your food. >
  • Pop supping
    Creative Work • 16 Nov 11
    Besides gearing up for World Design Capital 2012, Helsinki is undergoing a food revolution enabled by the temporary, experimental nature of pop-up restaurants. >
  • Places of type
    Creative Work • 16 Nov 11
    The inaugural Typo London conference took place from 20 to 22 October 2011. The theme was "Places" with a remit way beyond the confines of type. >
  • Declaración de Lima
    Creative Work • 16 Nov 11
    The International Advisory Board of the Basque Culinary Centre met in Lima, Peru, from 9 to 11 September 2011. >
  • Naked revolution
    Point of View • 16 Nov 11
    Even though he might rightly be regarded as one of the originators of food pornography, Jamie Oliver has never been about overindulgence. >
  • Taste bud trickery
    Interviews • 16 Nov 11
    Swapping pots and pans for lasers and liquid nitrogen, Maciek Dubla chats to Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche about the benefits of food replication. >
  • Chillies ward off elephants
    Creative Work • 16 Nov 11
    In rural parts of Africa, chillies are being used to keep elephants off cultivated land while also providing an income for the subsistence farmers. >
  • Pork neck with bulrushes, violets and malt. From Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine. Photo by Ditte Isager. Courtesy of Phaidon Press, www.phaidon.com
    René Redzepi + Marije Vogelzang
    Interviews • 16 Nov 11
    Marije Vogelzang chats to René Redzepi of Noma Restaurant about MAD Foodcamp, creativity, intuition, fingers, social media and being part of the future. >
  • Foraging in 4'33
    Point of View • 16 Nov 11
    The notion of picking one’s own food, especially in urban areas, can seem absurd. Elizabeth Thacker Jones follows “The Wildman” Steve Brill around New York. >
  • Photo by Sven Benjamins.
    Peace meal
    Point of View • 16 Nov 11
    Can food bring about world peace? At least it can initiate understanding: Kamal Mouzawak, Merijn Tol, Shir Halpern and Nadia Zerouali recount their experiences. >
  • The Hungry City by Carolyn Steel
    Food city
    Point of View • 16 Nov 11
    Food urbanist Carolyn Steel argues that cities, like people, are what they eat. She explains how food shapes the cities in which which we live. >
  • Smart art of eating
    Point of View • 16 Nov 11
    Control freaks will be reluctant to hear Brian Wansink explaining how we think we’re a lot smarter than we are when it comes to food. >
  • The bull is not dead
    Interviews • 16 Nov 11
    Although the elBulli restaurant has closed, Ferran Adrià is only just getting started. He talks to us about the future, broadening his audience and creativity. >
  • Paola Antonelli + Marion Nestle
    Paola Antonelli + Marion Nestle
    Interviews • 16 Nov 11
    Paola Antonelli and Marion Nestle discuss the problems with the current food system and how creatives are interpreting this. >
  • Food fight: Dan Ariely
    Creative Work • 15 Nov 11
    Behavioural economist Dan Ariely shows that we can all design our eating habits if we understand our environment. >
  • Food fight: Amy Franceschini
    Creative Work • 15 Nov 11
    “Food must not be a weapon”, Amy Franceschini calls on Via Campesina’s seven principles of food sovereignty. >
  • Food fight: Jesper Johansson
    Creative Work • 15 Nov 11
    Jesper Johansson wonders if we can somehow be excited about certain foods running out, forcing us to try something new. >
  • Food fight: Marcel Dicke
    Creative Work • 15 Nov 11
    Entomologist Marcel Dicke promotes the idea that instead of mammals, we should be eating insects. >
  • Food fight: Christien Meindertsma
    Creative Work • 15 Nov 11
    Knowing what we eat is important for Dutch product designer Christien Meindertsma. >
  • Food fight: Shin-ichi Takemura
    Creative Work • 15 Nov 11
    Shin-ichi Takemura says we should rather be talking about being “creative” than “sustainable" in terms of the environment. >
  • Food fight: Peter Reinhart
    Creative Work • 15 Nov 11
    Acclaimed American baker and teacher, Peter Reinhart gives his opinion about whether foodies are gluttons. >

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