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  • Image: Sasker Scheerder

    Pekelzouten

    Pekelzouten is a process where the salt used to ferment foods is reused.
  • Food
  • Fermentation
  • Gastronomy
  • Biology
  • Mediamatic Eten Kamilė Vaitkutė

    Are you prepared for the Halloween?

    This post is about our FIRST impressions of raw tempeh, organic shapes and a crumb of Halloween spirit. After this silent break, we have decided to separate our update into two different posts. We...

  • Tempeh Ware at Mediamatic

    Save the World by Eating your Plate

    Tempeh ware is a new edible table ware developed at Mediamatic in Amsterdam. Here we'll keep you updated about our programme of presentations and workshops. Also we'll publish detailed descriptions...

  • Take care of your Waste

    Zuursalon: Friday 9 December 20:00 - 22:30

    The estimated global food wastage is at 1.6 billion tonnes per year. 1.3 billion tonnes of that wastage was still edible when thrown away.... Let's change this discours, reduce our footprint and...

  • Stories

    Across the globe, people have survived on cabbage in many different ways. Keep up with our growing Cabbage Story Blog and learn about various experiences with cabbages!

  • Zuursalon: Koji Edition

    Friday 11 november, 20:00 - 22:30

    In Mediamatic’s Bio Clean Lab we use fungus to grow new bio-materials, but in many food production systems molds are used to re-design ingredients and alter flavours. The Koji, or Aspergillus oryzae
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Kool Kabbage

    2018 - 2019

    2018 turned out to be a good cabbage-year. What to do with a food-surplus of 60.000 kilos of cabbages? Mediamatic took them on to survive the winter on cabbage and to question the value of our food.
  • Knowledge Page Sadhbh O'Donnell

    Bokashi: How to

    Bokashi introduction

    At the back of our kitchen you will see we have our big green bokashi bins which we use for the kitchen and communal lunches. Here you will find a more detailed introduction to the process and use...

  • Make your own

    Willem-tafelzuur (pickles) with leftover radishes

    The process of fermentation can be used to extend the shelf life of your vegetables, add flavour to your cheeses and even grow new bio-materials . Amsterdam pickling company Lepelboom wants you to...

  • (ir)Relevant Matter

    Thursday, 15 December 20:00

    What can artists, designers and scientists do to cope with issues of extreme drought, rising water levels, pollution, and waste? An evening with swarming robots by Ivan Henriques , plant-root...

  • Brew Your Own Beer: Taste Notes

    MABJeR - Gordita - Motor Oil

    The final fermentation is over and the beers brewed in the workshop 2 months ago are finally ready to be tasted.
  • Knowledge Page Sadhbh O'Donnell

    Many meanings of curious composting

    A possible bokashi exhibition

    In case of future plans with the Bokashi, this knowledge page is to provide information about a possible exhibition in the Bokashi space behind the restaurant. It would be a very interesting topic to...

  • Meet the Myco Insulation Brewery Team

    Part 1: The Brew Team

    Find out more about Hugo and Isa, the current team responsible for the beer brewing activities of the the Mediamatic Myco Insulation Brewery.

  • Food Experimentation

    Our current food projects

    Our kitchen is the extension of our minds and our hands, a place that never stops exploring. Being part of  Mediamatic means the chefs can easily connect with the current art-projects and cultural...

  • Regeneration - Biotalk

    Thursday, December 15th. 20:00

    With the Co2 particles in the air reaching the magical 400 ppm , and the fact that we have only 60 years of crop harvesting left, it is time for another way of dealing with our polluted environment.
  • Knowledge Page Sadhbh O'Donnell

    Being responsible for Bokashi

    and other useful information

    The amount of time to give to Bokashi really depends on what is happening at Mediamatic. Is the restaurant open? Is communal lunch happening? What season is it?  Being responsible for the Bokashi...

  • Waterkefir

    The drink of the centenarians

    Waterkefir is a fermented drink, with a sparkly and fresh taste. The water is fermented by the waterkefir grains, that contain a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. The fermented drink is not...
  • Knowledge Page Sadhbh O'Donnell

    Bokashi: Questions to Simon Vos

    Frequently asked questions

    Here are some questions that have been previously asked so that maybe you don't have to! Simone Vos from agriton has been great for answering questions and is the primary source for understanding the...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark, Mediamatic Eten Kamilė Vaitkutė, Jiwei Zhou

    It smells like fresh bread!

    As the taste of lupin tempeh was only pleasant to Willem, we all together decided to test the mycelium growth on different materials. We collected different grains (the ones that we have a personal...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Kamilė Vaitkutė, Jiwei Zhou

    Buckwheat Tempeh Tastes like Black Bread!

    In order to find out a nice taste of tempeh ware,  we have been growing  fungus rhizopus oryzae on different ingredients. This time we tried bulgur, buckwheat, corns and pop corns.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Kamilė Vaitkutė, Jiwei Zhou

    A Taste from the Ocean: Poppy Seed Mycelium

    It smells like...fish!
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Bokashi Containers

    Composting with microorganisms

    The organic waste coming from the kitchen of Mediamatic ETEN finds a special companion in its composting process: the Bokashi container.  This system uses effective microorganisms to enable low...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Kamilė Vaitkutė, Jiwei Zhou

    Tempeh Dinner First Trial!

    Buckwheat and bulgur tempeh sheets' first trial for closed food

  • Let's Eat & Meet

    Festive Dinners at X-mass and NYE

    In the last two weeks of 2016 we invite you to join us for a festive (almost) vegan dinner special. Come and eat and drink amidst the beautiful artworks of Zeger Reyers and Ernst Haeckel , warm...
  • Proposal by: Leo Kay

    The Acid House Of Ideas

    Project Proposal: Bread, microbial and plant agency, fermentation, human evolution and collective ritual.

    A month-long participatory exhibition centered around the building of a model house of ergot-inoculated rye bread; exploring the recent history of human alienation from the land; the creative...

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