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Conversations with @richarddemarco. 10 Walking Lunches around 10 Decades. From childhood times in Portobello to the art journeys beyond the iron curtain. Drawing and stitching the tableware shapes on a yellow cloth. Thanks to @Scotthopefoundation.
Combat Cooking - March: Lebanese Tabbouleh. The border between Israel and Lebanon has essentially been closed since 1949. That is 75 years ago next month. While there is still a checkpoint, it is only for UN soldiers. Tabbouleh is a delicious, refre
Häppy International Women's Day! Visit my website if you are interested in one of my meNOpause or menOpause prints. www.claudiazeiske/blog
Combat Cooking February: Ukraine/Russia. When the war started on 24 Feb 2022, I began cooking Ukrainian dishes as my little way of understanding country and culture. Who would have thought that 2 years in we are still not seeing an end to the conflic
Mountain to Sea: Another week of walking, talking, path making and path stitching in Aberdeenshire to jointly arrive at an opportunity to remember, bringing together hope and healing through a long path and it’s music. I am delighted to say, th
Last week marked the end of my SlowCoast500 project with an event that I shared with the great thinker Tim Ingold talking about all things paths/journeying/lines on our lands and seas. Big thanks to @rosyjnaylor from @artwalkporty for trusting me alo
Combat Cooking January 2024: Sudan. With all the wars and conflicts around us, we get hardly informed about the atrocities that happen beyond the edges of Europe. Due to fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the RSF rival factions, people i
Please join me in conversation with Tim Ingold about my Slow Coast 500 along the entire North Sea coast line of Scotland. Journey Lines’ will bring together discussion around path making and place making, to consider tourism and access along o
From Mountain to Sea: Another great week up in Aberdeenshire. Group walk from Monymusk to Inverurie, via St Johns Kirk where the mass is always in Latin; little cottage in Pittmedden Gardens calling my temporary home; meeting with fishermen from Phil
Combat Cooking. This year I cooked once a year something from a conflict zone. There are so many: Ukraine, Yemen, Morocco, Armenia ... to name just a few. At year end I made another Palestinian Makloubeh (flipped rice) as my own very tiny and humble
A week in Aberdeenshire with the Mountain to Sea Team. @CreativeAberdeenshire and @LiveLifeAberdeenshire @paulandersonfiddler @chrisnangle #rememberingtogether #covidmemorial #valleysection #pinktablecloth #aberdeenshirewalks #mountaintosea #longdi
SLOW COAST 500 EXHIBITION 3: WORLD WAR 1 & 2 REMNANTS Miles of World War 2 concrete anti-tank blocks, pillboxes and coastal batteries can still be found along the north-east coast. Some of those structures were reused from earlier WW1 defence str
Mountain to Sea / A Valley Section: back in Aberdeenshire with my pink tablecloth working with @paulandersonfiddler and @chrisnangle to connect the many paths from Ben MacDui to Peterhead. Thänks to friends and co-walkers for all the pathy tips
Slow Coast 500 Exhibition 2: Stones & Rocks Passing three geological fault lines there is such a variety of rock formations on this path. Great Glen Fault, Highland Boundary Fault and Southern Uplands Fault offer everything from Caithness flagsto
Combat Cooking Gaza: Gazawi Baked Fish. #freepalestine #makefoodnotwar #endallwars #conflictkitchen #reshapingnarratives #cookingforpeace
Slow Coast 500 Exhibition 1: The Path #slowcoast500 #northcoast500 #makingorbreakingplaces #longdistancewalking #orangetablecloth #northseapath @artwalkporty
Combat Cooking November: Gaza Makloubeh (flipped rice). Vegan and absolutely delicious (sadly not looking as majestically flipped as in the recipe). #makloubeh #makloubehrice #makefoodnotwar #ceasefirenow🇵🇸 #schwerterzupflugscharen #gaza #palestine
A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography @TATE MODERN well worth a visit. @gosodi @pablopmbela @maimounaguerresi @edsonschagas and many more… From street life in Kinshasa to kings in Nigeria; Girl gangs of Marrakesh to toxic dumps i
Combat Cooking this month has been trying to come to some humble understanding of what is happening in the Palestine region through my cooking. Fogaiyya is a stew from Gaza City with halal goat meet, chick peas, and many other spices and ingredients.
Combat Cooking October: Armenian Stuffed Eggplant (Imam Bayildi) and Zhingalov Khats, herb flatbread from Karabakh The world has been seeing so many conflicts in so many places in recent weeks. Following the bombings in Kosovo, we are all helplessly