Indie Food Project ®

Is a social responsibility project that connects globally all players of the sustainable and gourmet food culture.
Gross!

Gross!

Spinach taste like old iron, like dirty clothes. Leer en español Dear Greenradicals My name is José, I’m ten years old and I am a karateka. I like to eat, but do not always like what my mom gives me. Broccoli, cabbage and spinach taste like old iron, like dirty clothes....
Biography of the Fork

Biography of the Fork

Or, how modesty came to the table By Juan Pablo Cantini Leer en español The image of a table without cutlery is strange, it seems to refer to a distant past but that is not the case. In particular, the fork came to the table much later than it is believed,...
Yoshiaki: Gastronomy As Design

Yoshiaki: Gastronomy As Design

Yoshiaki Takazawa By Claudia Luna Leer en español Let’s look around us: circles that mark time, squares emitting color images, spiral bones that protect shellfish. Lines, ovals and hexagons everywhere; we live in a world drawn by design. Created by nature or devised by man, it is the source that feeds...
The Kitchen: A Neutral Zone

The Kitchen: A Neutral Zone

By Fabiola Jiménez Translated by Jenny Marie Forsythe Leer en español Despite attempts to defend claims on the origin and authenticity of ingredients, food travels through space and becomes part of many identities, transforming itself according to the customs of different regions and becoming part of the diet of many communities....
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Sounds of November

Sounds of November

Photo ©George Rustchev This month we went to the market to find musical groups whose name is inspired by a dish, an ingredient or preparation. The list is ordered by date, from the oldest to the newest. There you have it. Go, enjoy, listen..
The Princess Was Not Hungry

The Princess Was Not Hungry

By Raquel Saavedra Based on Salome’s Myth From the moment she laid her eyes upon him, the quiet man with an intense gaze, captured her imagination. He was not the first man to visit the palace and definitely was not the last. In fact many people came from far and wide to carry out their...
Ensenada: Gastronomic Conscience

Ensenada: Gastronomic Conscience

By Carlos Cohen Translated by Laura Cohen In Ensenada people is aware of food treasures that surround them… Ensenada, during the grape harvest (vendimia) is wine, feast and food; it’s talking about celebrating the arrival of the grape crop (from August until October in this hemisphere); it‘s expecting for work, the beginning of a new cycle; it...
October Playlist

October Playlist

Leer en español Seasonal fruit and cymbals. From Joplin’s rag to electro nordic fusion of Björk. More Playlists  
Juan Pablo Cantini

Juan Pablo Cantini

Juan Pablo is a social communications graduate from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. He researches and writes about the cultural issues that arise in food consumption as well as analyzing the dialogue of food. Articles By Juan Pablo: Biography of the Fork The Lumière Brothers and Gastronomy    
September Playlist

September Playlist

Leer en español From appetizzers to dessert. Everything is included in this magical-musical menu. Bon appetit!    
The Fat and Skinny on American Eaters

The Fat and Skinny on American Eaters

By Julia Walsh  I am part of a very fat country in a very hungry world.  In the United States, two-thirds of us are either overweight or obese. Meanwhile, over 1 billion people throughout the world suffer of chronic hunger. It’s disgusting and disturbing. Although my body weight is probably okay right now, I am embarrassed to admit...
Not Everything Has Been Said

Not Everything Has Been Said

By Inés Saavedra Leer en Español    The world is changing very quickly, we have seen how maps change and political divisions move giving rise to new countries. We live in a world apparently full of limits, concepts of nationality or border have become part from our everyday life. The climate and the ideological conceptions determine...
Gastrophilia

Gastrophilia

Food eroticism and its limits By Michel Samperio Since ancient times, from the original sin until today, the act of eating has varied between satisfaction, seduction, eroticism, pleasure and excess. What would have happened if Eve, instead of offering apples to Adam, had chosen cabbage or eggplant? The result would have been the same, the object of...
Worshipping Hunger

Worshipping Hunger

I stole leftovers from markets and even toured the garbage of restaurants. By Gustavo Proal One day, life offered me a stupid chance: lose a bet and become a beggar. Suffice to say that the hardest part of my money deprivation was that I couldn’t buy food to eat. The first days were not serious, but after...
The Origin of Alcohol

The Origin of Alcohol

Alcohol, a history longer than humanity By Carlos Cohen Leer en español  The true origin of alcohol has a much longer history that humanity; this elixir that makes us freer, happier and joyous, is based on something that has been here on planet Earth much more longer than we have, it’s a unicellular organism called yeast...
The Lumière Brothers and Gastronomy

The Lumière Brothers and Gastronomy

Eat, drink and the origin of the film industry By Juan Pablo Cantini Throughout its history, cinema has portrayed many scenes in which food plays a central role. There are also a large number of films which focus on the act of eating and drinking. Currentlythere are now even film festivals that join cinema with the...