MARIA NYMFIADI

culinary artwork, collaboration with the artist Lea Petrou (MouSou project)

Love[in] a different kettle was a pastry created by the visual artists Maria Nymfiadi and Lea Petrou. The recipe calls for dried nuts and fruits, each representing one of the 19 countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea.

The amount of each ingredient was determined by converting into grams the distance in kilometres between Athens and the capital of the participating country. Therefore, the further away each country is the greater its contribution. Each ingredient is native to the national cuisine represented.

Thus, the pastry became an amalgam of all Mediterranean cultures and cuisines in a single mouthful. It creates 19 levels of cultural taste and brings the distances that separate them closer together.

Love[in]a different kefte has been presented at:

17-18/12/2009 Furla shops in New York, USA

4/07-25/10/2009 Café de l'île at Ile de Vassivière, France, Centre International d'Art et du Paysage, 

31/05-28/6/2008 Love[in] a different kefte was hosted at Cake pastry shops in Athens.

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Love[in] a different kefte was initially presented at the Love Difference Pastries project, organised by the Love Difference, Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto, during a three-day meeting at CAMeC Modern and Contemporary Art Center in La Spezia, Italy.

Love Difference Pastries (LDP) is a network of 16 confectioneries. The project aims to become a cultural passport that opens doors to different Mediterranean cultures and draws them closer together through the experience of taste.

For further information, visit: http://www.lovedifference.org