Journal

From tropical meals prepared for hungry travelers to cooking classes offered by refugees, whether in Berlin or Brooklyn, the culinary world abounds with people driven by the same desire: to build stronger communities and span cultures and generations through the time-honored tradition of getting strangers to break bread together.

No meal—breakfast, lunch, or dinner—comes without a selection of colorful vegetables, chopped raw into a salad or served alongside, seared on the grill, or lightly steamed. From a cauliflower salad to a pistachio cake, with a roasted fish in between to break up courses, master the art of a three-course banquet using recipes from Divine Food.

The integrity over food supply chains is nothing revolutionary, but seemingly more relevant than ever. “When you cook with whatever you like, it's too easy, you become complacent and there's less need to be creative. When you are restricted to working with only local, seasonal, or homegrown ingredients... this forces you to think outside the box and pushes you to create food with a stronger identity,” explains chef Merlin Labron-Johnson. We discuss adapting to a pandemic and sourcing more sustainable.

One of the most diversely celebrated occasions of the year, Easter looks different from country-to-country. How we celebrate and what is eaten has always been dynamic. But beyond the folkloric traditions, chocolate has taken center stage in modern times. To avoid it being a sugar inducing ordeal, we have a recipe from Simone Hawlisch that fuses happiness and health together.

Chef Jack New discusses the art of building a plate and Jenny Dorset's creation is brought alive through a step-by-step guide. Plating is like poetry, it is an art and requires a level of understanding to display. From Story on a Plate, we look at the tools needed to construct beautiful plates.

“We wanted to find amazing natural surroundings so we could bring our guests out to the farm instead of bringing the vegetables to the guests,” explain restaurateurs Mette Helbæk and Flemming Hansen. After the success of rooftop farm ØsterGRO, Copenhagen, the pair found their next calling a Swedish forest.