While reading Paul Freedman's " Spices and Medieval Imagination" , I paused on a vivid image: an older Parisian gentleman in 1390 writing the Le Menagier de Paris , an entire household and cooking encyclopedia for his young wife. More than four hundred recipes, notes, hints, observations... A personal lifetime album, the kind someone today might offer as a wedding gift, a condensed summary of wisdom gathered over decades. And it made me think about how deeply food is woven in

Looking through old recipes I found tucked away in a drawer, I noticed that ingredients were measured by the cup, the spoon, and "the...

This survey is conducted as part of the Systemic Research Lab at the Athenian Institute of Anthropos (AKMA). It marks the beginning of a broader journey toward understanding food and human connection.

Kyveli Papaioannou and Marianthi Karatza, drawing on the integrative strength of the Athenian Institute of Anthropos (AKMA), create a bridge between cooking and the way we think and work systemically.

A summer experiential workshop in Systemic Cooking — filled with memory, connection, dough, and care.