“There’s a lot of talk about food deserts today, but what many neighborhoods really have are place deserts,” says PPS’s Steve Davies. “As a result, we’re seeing a movement back to the idea of the Market City, with markets acting as catalysts for creating centers in neighborhoods that have lost
To know a city, a region or a country through its food is one of the most satisfying experiences of a journey. The own culinary dishes of a destination we visit can tell us a lot about itself and the people who inhabit in it. Why these types of food
Plzen is preparing the biggest cultural event in the country for five years to celebrate Plzen as a European Capital of Culture 2015. The three-day ceremony, which will start on Friday, January 16, has been supervised by project artistic director Petr Forman, son of the Oscar-winning film director Milos Forman. The city
As we approach the end of the first year of Guardian Cities, here are the 20 stories – from the death of Detroit to the future of Mumbai – that were most popular …READ MORE
Food, broadly defined, is a necessary sustenance that may also incorporate artistic practice — cooking, cuisine, and presentation. The Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée (MuCEM) in Marseilles is currently hosting Food: Produce, Eat, Consume, an exhibition funded by ART for The World, an NGO associated with the Department of
In a 1999 lecture, the late Emmanuel N. Arinze, President of the Commonwealth Association of Museums stated that museums “hold the cultural wealth of the nation in trust for all generations and by its function and unique position, have become the cultural conscience of the nations.” Museums ensure understanding and
Caravaggio, Bruegel and Van Gogh all made studies of the poor in spite of rich patronage. Why aren’t more artists doing that now? Art has a long history of entertaining the rich. From ancient artisans who made gold drinking cups for kings, to the artists of today who sell installations to
Whether it’s traditional stalls or the new breed of street-food events, these European markets offer tasty treats. Here are the top 10 Markets you can visit this year …READ MORE
Cape Town-based advertising agency M&C Saatchi Abel and the local Haven Night Shelter Welfare Organisation have joined forces to create a pop-up street store that offers free donated clothes to the homeless. The Street Store consists of a series of multifunctional cardboard posters that turn an ordinary sidewalk or fence into a shop display. The project asks citizens
On March 16th 2015 will take place a new edition of the solidarity action Soul Food Nights, an exclusive event where the most exclusive fashion shops become a restaurant for its customers, and the great chefs of Madrid will be the responsible for preparing the dinner… read more
Athens-based photographer Georgios Makkas has been trying to document the changes happening in Greek cities over the last few years. His project The Archaeology of Now captures the disappearing independent shops of Athens, Thessaloniki and Ioannina as a mix of recession and gentrification takes its toll …READ MORE
A walkable community is the most common term to describe the alternative to drive-only suburbia. Walkability is easy to explain but uninspiring. Walking is so basic to human life that we often take it for granted. Perhaps a better term is livability. The concept is a profound one for a
Food Tank has the honor of highlighting organizations across the globe that are working to fight food waste, combat the dual paradoxes of hunger and obesity, recognize the multiple roles of family farmers, increase nutrient density, protect agricultural diversity, and adapt to a changing climate. To celebrate 2015, we are
The city of Cáceres premieres this 2015 with the title of Spanish Capital of Gastronomy. This title will put the city in the center of attention related to its culinary heritage and its cuisine which will become in a reef for attracting tourists and visitors to Cáceres, as well as
Ferran Adrià Feeds the Hungry Mind: Mr. Adrià, 52, has always been inquisitive. Even during the peak years at El Bulli, when Restaurant Magazine named it the world’s best restaurant five times from 2002 to 2009 and he rocketed beyond the standard-fare celebrity chefs into the rarefied air of the gastronomic
In Hekeng, a place with several hundred residents, I ticked off 13 tulou. (Tu lou means “earthen structure” in Mandarin, a very modest definition, like describing a coliseum as a stone circle.) The feng shui of the Fujian highlands as a whole must be good because these days tourist money
