Here as the Centre of the World, in terms of food
June 3, 2006
Here as the Centre of the World banquet with local food from Twente and Overijssel. Guests getting giggly on the bubbly.
A week and a half ago, my colleagues and I at the Dutch Art Institute (DAI), were in the throes of an international symposium on ‘all things periferal’ for artists and mediators. Illustrious guests from Overijssel and the ‘rest of the world’ were invited to discuss this (contemporary art) subject for two solid days in the Rijksmuseum Twenthe. Early in planning phase of this event, I decided that the symposium would be more coherent if, during the the event, we attempted to eat food grown and produced from within the province, a Twente tasting menu. In a huge gesture of over-confidence, I took upon myself the task of organising the symposium’s food side, in particular a sit-down banquet for fifty, on the 23rd of May. All of the food for the banquet and incidental feedings would come from within the province of Overijssel, within a 60 kilometre radius of the event epicentre.
- Here as the Centre of the World Banquet Menu
- fork -local pickled beet with smoked herring, and strips of rhubarb
spoon - turnip green mash with goat cheese
knife - lumps of bread - Kruudmoes:
- Hangop served with caramel sauce and berry coulis
- Wines
- Meibok, Witbier, Vrouwe van gramsbergen and Blond beers
barley, buttermilk and fatback porridge served with ground up local greens including: ground elder (zevenblad), white deadnettle (dovenetel), kohlrabi leaves, applemint, spearmint, peppermint, curly leaf parsley, beet greens, spinach, sorrel and ‘Roman’ chervil
from the Hof van Twente Winery
from the Mommeriete Brewery
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Not on holiday, just very, very busy
May 27, 2006
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Joe’s Fish Net in Newcastle
May 21, 2006
The ladies of Joe’s Fish Net
This last week I was in Newcastle to meet up with the old and new folks from Dott 07 (Designs of the Time). As part of our getting aquainted with the area we were asked to do some directed wandering and meet some people outside of Newcastle’s shiny centre. I wandered into Joe’s Fish Net, a family owned fish store in Byker and met owners Anica (pictured on the right) and her brother, Richard Grey.
Joe’s Fish Net shop interior
Although I arrived during closing time, the entire place was under suds and chatter. Both Richard and Anica were happy to talk about the fish biz once I assured them I wasn’t from Mark & Spencers or Tescos and therefore about to steal their shop location. Richard and I talked about the effectively extinct cod and he gave me an industry publication titled Fish Update which ended up being completely interesting. Anica talked about the new line of prepared fish dinners that she is about to launch and about how to publish an electronic cookbook. I forgot the names of the other ladies in the shop, maybe they’ll see this and let me know?
Architect Ralph Erskine’s Byker wall
continuation of Byker Wall - beautiful brickwork
street scene in front of Byker Wall with Dutch beer ad somehow communicating to the reader to ‘relax!’ and a poster ad of a puppy
- electronic version of FishUpdate
- link to earlier Mark Kurlansky culiblog entry
- Wikipedia on Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Aerial view of Ralph Erskine’s Byker Redevelopment
- Byker Redevelopment
Joe’s Fish Net
9 Denmark Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE6 2XF
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