MAD Monday: Migration

MAD (taken from the Danish word for “food”) is a nonprofit organization that brings together a global cooking community with a social conscience, a sense of curiosity, and an appetite for change.Chef René Redzepi began MAD as a two-day symposium in 2011. Three hundred chefs, restaurateurs, waiters, and writers gathered in a red circus tent in Copenhagen to discuss the future of food. Today, MAD connects a global cooking community encompassing chefs and entrepreneurs, farmers and scholars, students and the general public.Food is inseparable from some of the most pressing global challenges of our time. MAD inspires and educates the cooking community to find creative solutions and make a difference in their restaurants, communities, and the world at large. Through its dynamic network, events, and media, MAD stimulatesnew conversations and perspectives; nurtures transformative ideas; and galvanizes the creative potential of the global cooking community.MAD is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Donations to MAD are deductible under US 501(c)3 law and in the UK through our partnership with the Sustainable Food Alliance. MAD is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The wealth of tastes and experiences available in our kitchens and restaurants are the result of centuries of movement of people, of seeds, and of agricultural, culinary, and cultural practices. In an age of movement of people, ideas, climate, and capital across borders, what can we learn from our changing palate, plates, and kitchens?
Join us for an evening of discussion, food, and drinks, moderated by lawyer and community organizer Natasha Al-Hariri. 
Chef Thorsten Schmidt, founder of Malling and Schmidt in Århus and VILD MAD consultant, will share historical perspectives on food and cuisine as the product of the movement of people, traditions, and ingredients. 
Professor Emma-Jayne Abbots, anthropologist at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, will address research investigating the role food can play in breaking down barriers between groups, as well as the dangers of essentializing immigrant cuisine. 
Founder of catering company Hahnemanns Køkken, cookbook writer, and chef Trine Hahnemann will talk about building food business models that create opportunities for migrants. 
Co-founder and Executive Director of Copenhagen nonprofit Trampoline House, Morten Goll will explain the origins and philosophy of the user-driven refugee justice community center he runs. Zohra Yaqoubi, and Hana and Houda Hussein, members of Trampoline House from Afghanistan and Palestine and chefs for its catering service Sisters' Cuisine, will tell stories of the role food has played in their lives in Denmark.  
Where: 1st Floor, Strandgade 93, 1401 København K 
When: 15 May 2017, 19.00 - 21.00  
Attend: Limited tickets available only from May 1 for 200 DKK 
Questions: Bella at bn@madfeed.co

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