Happenings

In an anti-bacterial age, fermentation is quickly becoming a lost art. We are here to reclaim it as an energy efficient food-preservation technique which is rooted in our cultural histories. We are captivated and inspired by the way fermented foods engage our senses and enhance whole food eating and LESS food wasting!

Our focus tonight is KIMCHI, KRAUT & PICKLES – the living ones of course – using the traditional recipes AND new fusion ideas.

Get your tastebuds ready – will we TALKING, EATING, DRINKING, and MAKING delicious probiotic foods.

Everyone should come with a curious appetite and creative hands and leave with a jar of delicious, custom made fermented veggies that one can observe and enjoy during the weeks ahead. (bring a jar if you have one).

In an anti-bacterial age, fermentation is quickly becoming a lost art. We are here to reclaim it as an energy efficient food-preservation technique which is rooted in our cultural histories.

Our focus tonight is BUTTER… that is, cultured butter- using a variety of milk-cultures from around the world with traditional recipes AND new fusion ideas.

Be ready – will we TALKING, EATING, DRINKING, and MAKING. Everyone goes home with a lump of hand made cultured-butter of their choice, a full belly of probiotic treats and a head full of microbial-knowledge – so come with a curious appetite.

(bring a jar if you have one)

So maybe you’ve made kombucha and water kefir before… and you’re looking for something a little more exciting, spicy or even intoxicating, something that gives us a buzz…. Here we learn the natural way through wild and cultured fermentation how to make a ‘real ginger ale’, non-alcoholic or even a slightly-alcoholic ‘beer’ (1-5%alc +).

This event is interactive and informative. Through taste, touch, sight, smell and discussion we will explore the fascinating microbiological processes that turn roots and spices into effervescent and probiotic beverages.

As always, the event includes the probiotic snack and soda bar, plus a DIY Ginger Beer Station so you can take home your very own ginger-ale/beer.

25 euro per person (includes all snacks, probiotic drinks and take home sodas)
Spots are limited.
Questions? contact: [email protected]

ReThink Festival #3 Lightning Talks with Microbial Circus Performance

The ReThink Festival #3 on July 1st is in the tube. Come down to the garden, meet some of the ReThink team members and festival participants, hear their story and cause. Have fun, mingle, meet, have a savvy garden pizza, strong coffee or drinks in the lovely Gartencafé. Hang and/or get involved in reimagining food, fashion, and artivism!

Marvel at Alexis of Edible Alchemy CoLaboratory and her bacteria tricks! Try a magic shot and learn a probiotic secret or two…

Talks by ReFashionReFood, Prinzessinnengarten Kreuzberg, Flying Roasters, Pastamadre, BunnyMission.org, For a Better World, The Peace Process [https://www.facebook.com/thetempleofpeace/], Agente Costura. OSCEdays Berlin and a couple of surprises!

Ben venidos! Willkommen! Join the ReThinking!

Oh, and since this year’s theme is coffee, there might be coffee kombucha shots conjured by Alexis bacterial wand!
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Fermentation is quickly becoming a lost art, but it is being reclaimed as an energy-efficient, food preservation technique, rooted in our cultural past that provides a unique approach to whole-food nutrition, taste, and art through a multi-sensual experience (taste, feel, smell, sound *pop* *fizz* *eeeeeiii*, and sight). Explorations in the history of food and culture have led us to discover interactions and relationships between people and their sources of nourishment, pleasure, and tradition building. Fermentation is a perfect medium for exploring that relationship, a food preservation method that is inherently safe because of the acidification process and activities of beneficial, probiotic organisms.
This workshops focus is on VINEGAR! The real thing (i.e. probiotic) – great for adding to those special dishes, salad dressings, and gifting!

Discover the importance of good bacteria and the difference probiotics have on our bodies. Learn how making probiotic foods and incorporating them into our diet is not as difficult as we may think. This workshop includes a probiotic snack bar, information about our microbiome and beyond, and a DIY fruit vinegar station.

– Bring: Curious taste buds, and a jar or two to create and take home custom made probiotic-fruit-vinegar –