«For in times to come, we will have to find a responsive and sensitive balance between the still-usuable skills and wisdom of the past and sustainable products and inventions of the 21st century.»

Lloyd Kahn, 1973, The Book of Shelter
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Jewish tradition around knife gift

Jewish tradition around knife gift

Onion as medicine against itching

Onion as medicine against itching

An onion to relieve itching. It’s the remedy of Emmy Bloem, the mother of Sonja (pictured here), for whom the childhood memory of delicious summer strawberries in Arnhem will be forever linked with onion. As a child she got hives on her back after eating the summer fruit. Her mother Emmy soothed and healed her...
Recept: tarama (Bulgarian fish egg mayonaise)

Recept: tarama (Bulgarian fish egg mayonaise)

Tamara, mayonaise van viseitjes is een duidelijk voorbeeld van maximaal gebruik van voedselbronnen. Deze documentaire laat de hele bereiding ervan zien.  

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