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[[File:Listenwoman.png|thumb|Thumbnailed image]|A visitor listening to the story of the resilient puffed potato]]
[[File:Listenwoman.png|thumb|Thumbnailed image]|A visitor listening to the story of the resilient puffed potato]]


To start off 2019, [[The Soft Protest Digest:About|The Soft Protest, Digest]] was invited as resident of the M4 Gast Atelier by fanfare Amsterdam.
To start off 2019, [[The Soft Protest Digest:About|The Soft Protest Digest]] was invited as resident of the M4 Gast Atelier by fanfare Amsterdam.


From its studio, located on one of the central canals of Amsterdam, the collective followed multiple parallel tasks in order to design a range of both culturally and environmentally resilient dishes for the residents of the North Holland region.  
From its studio, located on one of the central canals of Amsterdam, the collective followed multiple parallel tasks in order to design a range of both culturally and environmentally resilient dishes for the residents of the North Holland region.  


<u>Hereby, the guidelines followed by [[The Soft Protest Digest:About|The Soft Protest, Digest]] throughout the month of January:</u><br>
<u>Hereby, the guidelines followed by [[The Soft Protest Digest:About|The Soft Protest Digest]] throughout the month of January:</u><br>
#Pick one to two ingredients each. Thoroughly research its history, its contemporary use in dutch cuisine and its production in Holland.<br>
#Pick one to two ingredients each. Thoroughly research its history, its contemporary use in dutch cuisine and its production in Holland.<br>
#Find the best regional producers of this ingredient, bike to their farms, taste, buy and include their products in the preparation of new resilient dishes.<br>
#Find the best regional producers of this ingredient, bike to their farms, taste, buy and include their products in the preparation of new resilient dishes.<br>
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#Make every meal part of the overall research by cooking typical dutch dishes for lunch and dinner.
#Make every meal part of the overall research by cooking typical dutch dishes for lunch and dinner.


By following these guidelines, [[The Soft Protest Digest:About|The Soft Protest, Digest]] was able to scan the culinary landscape of North Holland and design 5 relevant dishes.
By following these guidelines, [[The Soft Protest Digest:About|The Soft Protest Digest]] was able to scan the culinary landscape of North Holland and design 5 relevant dishes.


May they be, at times, more resilient on a cultural level than on the environmental one (and vice versa), each of this dishes was meant to put forward a different mean of telling a story: as in the adaptation of a existing tradition, the secret fabrication of a new one, an homage to an historical event or a vernacular recipe.<br>
May they be, at times, more resilient on a cultural level than on the environmental one (and vice versa), each of this dishes was meant to put forward a different mean of telling a story: as in the adaptation of a existing tradition, the secret fabrication of a new one, an homage to an historical event or a vernacular recipe.<br>