april 20 – june 2, 2012: garden landscapes
attention to all garden lovers and culinary adventurers! always wanted to taste a rock garden or a japanese garden? or is a shadow garden more your cup of tea? want to know more, come and enjoy the eat’inspiration garden landscapes.
from april 20, 2012 we will be inspired by a new inspirational source: garden landscapes & architecture, the 2nd eat’inspiration of the 3-part series landscapes & architecture. we selected 5 garden designs: a shadow garden, a rock garden, aroof garden, a japanese garden and a natural garden. and we translated the most eyecatching details of these gardens into foodscapes on a plate.
2 mrt – 14 april 2012: dutch landscapes
in march we start with the eat’inspiration dutch landscapes II. on the menu: an eat.cocktail moorland of drente, thereafter you’ll meet the delicate taste of dutch grasslands and the hills of limburg, followed by some urban area and the finishing touch is a culinary representation of dutch polder landscape.
from march-june 2012 we have a series of eat’inspirations on the agenda, in which landscapes and architecture are the inspirational concept, as we enjoyed this theme so much last year. meer…
march 2 – july 7, 2012: landscapes & architecture
fancy a fresh portion inspiration? in that case book an eat’inspiration at de culinaire werkplaats in the period of march 2nd – july 7th, 2012 for one of our eating specials. in this period we feature a 3 part series of eat’inspirations inspired by landscapes & architectures. we kick off with dutch landscapes. thereafter we’ll make a journey in 5 dishes through garden architecture, and last but not least you can eat some urban landscapes & architecture. during this period marjolein will create work for an exhibition on table landscapes and a report on the relation food & architecture. meer…
03-25 feb 2012: simply red.
february, valentine and warm sweater day and immediately red. crossed our minds.
blood red, cherry red, tomato red, burgundy red, brick red, ox red …… the associations of the colour red range from love and fertility, warmth and happiness, to power, violence, danger and anything what is forbidden. in short, red is a colour with many different meanings and emotions. in other words: who is afraid of red?
the various reds of the colour system pantone are the inspirational input for our eat’inspiration simply red. in 5 dishes you’ll make a journey through the meaningful world of red. you can taste the essence of pantone 032 EC red, the earthiness of pantone 18-1631 red and taste some pieces of pantone 1795 c – alert red? meer…
jan 23, 2012: press breakfast mint @ de modefabriek – a report
on january 23, 2012, the alarm went off rather early for the team of de culinaire werkplaats. on the agenda a breakfast catering for the press on the occasion of the launch of MINT, a fresh platform at the established tradeshow de modefabriek, location: rai amsterdam.
we presented a fashion forward eat’inspiration -like always- of 5 dishes in which mint is leading in various ways and in which food & fashion meet. on the menu: coupe wake up, green meets black, spicy black, fresh black, and it’s after eight. click here of the menu of the mint breakfast eat’inspiration @ de modefabriek in pfd format.
MINT is an initiative of marieke eyskoot (talkingdress) and willa stoutenbeek (w green + spicepr.nl). this platform offers space to about 20 eco fashion and/or lifestyle brands, a real fresh spot for inspiration. meer…
jan 20-28, 2012: the naturalists.
ever nibbled at a colour and texture forecast? from january 20-28, 2012, you can enjoy a one of a kind food=fashion dinnerspecial at de culinaire werkplaats. for the sixth consecutive time de culinaire werkplaats is one of the paricipating locations of the downtown programme of amsterdam fashion week. This time we proudly present the naturalists.
especially for amsterdam fashion week januari 2012 we have captured the sign of the times in a colour and texture forecast for fashion fabrics and food for 2013 and beyond. the result the naturalists. a food=fashion expedition through 5 mouth-watering trends : neo romanticism, nesting, down-to-earth, new landscapes and ethnic chic. nature revisited in a food= fashion statement and a must for culinary adventurers and fashionistas.
dec 2011: images of eat’inspiratie surprise, surprise
fancy surprises and presents? ever tasted pieces of new year’s resolutions or had a portion of dreaming of a white xmas. in our december 2011 eat’inspiration surprise, surprise! you had your chance, as we presented 5 dutch festive december classics, but with a huge twist.
on the menu:
- coupe new year’s resolutions: a savourish ‘oliebol’, foamy champagne and marinated pears;
- dreaming of a white xmas?: 3 stews of root parsley, jerusalem artichoke and brussels sprouts; some mushrooms and crisps of jerusalem artichoke;
- pièce de résistance: dried tomatoes-almond pie accompanied by green peas and black potato;
- presents: wonton dough with a filling of fiques and 5 december spices, on sweetened black venere rice and a coulie of tangerine;
- punch revisited: frozen fruits marinated in white wine and mint on foamy red port.
december 2011: surprise, surprise
do you like presents and surprises? in that case our december eat’inspiration ‘surprise! surprise!’ is a must for you. 5 typical dutch december food traditions will be revisited and presented with a huge twist. you can already have pre-taste of 2012 and work out your good intentions, dreaming about a white christmas, or pick some tasty ice flowers, and when you are very lucky you can be kissed by an angel. meer…
november 2011: spoons full of honesty III
in need of a portion honesty? in that case de culinaire werkplaats is ‘the place to be’ in november. come and experience the eat’inspiration spoons full of honesty and meet the various flavors of honesty. how about a coupe innocence or a piece of ‘no frills’ and check out our stolen from… dish. perhaps we do it somewhat too honest this month.
the occasion: de culinaire werkplaats is one of the participants of puur restaurantweek (previously the fairtrade restaurantweek) from november 14 – 20, 2011. in the first week of november we also have scheduled an activity for fairtrade@work. so we decided that the inspirational concept for november 2011 is honesty. meer…
februari 2012: project simply red.
in the project simply red we were searching for the essence of the colour red.
blood red, cherry red, wine red, tomato red, burgundy, bright red, brick red …..
the associations and emotions evoked by the colour red range from love and fertility, warmth and joy to power, violence, danger and everything that is forbidden. in short, red is a meaningful and complex colour.