Author Archives: Nicola

Landscapes of Quarantine

By Nicola | Published: March 4, 2010

I'm delighted to announce that Landscapes of Quarantine, an exhibition I co-curated with Geoff Manaugh of BLDGBLOG, will be opening at New York City's Storefront for Art and Architecture at 7 p.m. on March 10. Unfortunately, that means that we're spending this week painting, installing, and picking up beer for the opening – apologies for the lack of posts in the meantime.

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Foodprint NYC

By Nicola | Published: February 26, 2010

Just a quick reminder that the first Foodprint Project event, Foodprint NYC, is taking place tomorrow, blizzard, snow hurricane, or (unlikely) shine. IMAGE: The Foodprint NYC logo, designed by superstar illustrator and graphic designer Nikki Hiatt. We’ll be at Studio-X (180 Varick St., Suite 1610 – map) from 12:30 p.m., so do arrive early to grab a [...]

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The Ice Program

By Nicola | Published: February 23, 2010

IMAGE: The Vigne Glacier in the Concordia region of Pakistan, via NASA. This week, Edible Geography’s partner site, BLDGBLOG, is coordinating a nine-blog-strong online conversation tied to the Glacier/Island/Storm architecture studio at Columbia University this spring. In addition to looking forward to contributions from some of my favourite sources (a456, HTC Experiments, InfraNet Lab, mammoth, Serial [...]

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Dining Disorder

By Nicola | Published: February 18, 2010

This drawing by architects Diller & Scofidio, titled Increasing Disorder In A Dining Table, documents the progression of a meal from a perfectly laid table, through a motion-trace palimpsest of the dinner party in action, to the wreckage of dirty dishes and crumpled napkins that confronts the host(s) after the last guest has departed.

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The Anti-Fridge

By Nicola | Published: February 15, 2010

IMAGE: Owner of Defunct Amusement Park | Alpine, TX | 1-Person Household | Former WW II Prisoner of War | 2007. From You Are What You Eat by Mark Menjivar, “a series of portraits made by examining the interiors of refrigerators in homes across the United States.” Found via GOOD, where you can see many [...]

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Potemkin Sheep

By Nicola | Published: February 12, 2010

IMAGE: Vegetable sheep, New Zealand, via Purse Lip Square Jaw. New Zealand is famous for its sheep. In the early eighties, there were apparently twenty-two sheep in New Zealand for every human, although, by 2008, Meat and Wool New Zealand revealed that this ratio had dropped precipitously, down to just eight sheep per human, “due to [...]

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United States of Food

By Nicola | Published: February 11, 2010

On Tuesday, as part of Michelle Obama's anti-childhood-obesity campaign, Let's Move!, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched an exciting new tool: the Food Environment Atlas.

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UNESCO Culinary Heritage Sites

By Nicola | Published: February 9, 2010

IMAGE: Some pasta shapes, from L’Enciclopedia della Pasta. UNESCO, the branch of the United Nations that is best known for its list of World Heritage Sites, also curates a number of other programs that aim to record and safeguard natural and cultural treasures. The Global Geoparks Network, for example, seeks to promote and conserve Earth’s geological [...]

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Bones and Bagel Water

By Nicola | Published: January 30, 2010

Three short stories of food and the city: 1. An analysis of food remains at three sites in Lower Manhattan showed that the kinds of fish eighteenth-century New Yorkers ate changed significantly over time: social archaeologist Nan Rothschild found that “early New Yorkers consumed sheepshead (71% of all fish bones), with striped bass second (24%). By [...]

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