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  • Image: Mediamatic Biotoop Elizabeth Vasilyeva

    Cleanlab team experimenting with acorns in…

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  • Mediamatic Biotoop Clara Casal Georgiou, Magdalena Thur, Elnaz Assar, Nadja Nolte

    Making acorns edible

    In a hands-on process the Clean Lab Team learns about the processing of acorns.

    The Harvest In and around Amsterdam the oak can be found in parks, forests and along the streets. Once you are attentive, you will see them everywhere around. The Balanophagy Team as well didn’t have...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Clara Casal Georgiou, Magdalena Thur, Elnaz Assar, Nadja Nolte

    The Balanophagy Team

    We are Clara, Magdalena, Elnaz and Nadja and we are living the balanoculture: the harvesting, processing, storage and consumption of acorns play a large role in our project taking place in the Clean...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop, Mediamatic Eten Magdalena Thur, Nadja Nolte, Clara Casal Georgiou, Elnaz Assar

    Acorn Bitterballen Recipe

    Exploring the culinary potential of wild plants surrounding Mediamatic

    Inspired by the variety of wild weeds surrounding Mediamatic, the Clean Lab Team set out to investigate the culinary potential of the resources which are locally and seasonally available.  

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Clara Casal Georgiou, Elnaz Assar, Magdalena Thur, Nadja Nolte

    Acorn Sausages Recipe

    Exploring the culinary potential of wild plants surrounding Mediamatic, the Balanophagy Team is making sausages out of acorn paste

    Acorn sausages - makes 1 piece 150g acorn paste (use a blender) 1-2 potatoes 1 tbsp fried onions 1 garlic clove of garlic 2 tbsp roasted breadcrumps 1 tbsp olive oil salt and pepper Mix all...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Clara Casal Georgiou, Nadja Nolte

    How-to Tofu

    Make your own Tofu from a batch of Soybeans

    Why not savour the amazing qualities of soybeans by making tofu at home!  Did you know that soybeans are largely indigestible? This is due to the presence of an enzyme inhibitor called protease...

  • Festival: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Japanese Knotweed Festival

    Under European regulations, invasive exotic species are allowed to be radically eradicated. The City of Amsterdam, for example, is allocating 8 million euros to aggressively destroy Japanese knotweed.

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Alessandra Avanzi

    Cooking with essential oils.

    What does ylang ylang, orange blossom or rose essential oils taste like?

    Do you know that about 70% of our taste comes from our nose? Our taste is basically nothing  without our nose.  In fact, have you ever noticed that when you catch a cold the food tastes different?

  • mediamatic eten Justin Knelange

    From Grandma's Kitchen to new Culinary Horizons

    In conversation with our new head chef Panos Fakos

    As a small boy, Panos was introduced to the world of spices and cooking by his loving grandmother. Food has always played a big role in his upbringing where his mother and her sister paved the path...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Elise Chalcraft

    Elderflower Champagne 2.0

    Popping champagne straight from the garden!

    The first fermentation step for making Elderflower champagne started last week with a trial test of 20L!  Here you can find the process, recipe, and some great action shots of the flowery business!

  • Mediamatic Eten

    Lunch Try Out

    Dishes composed by our restaurant team

    Our restaurant team has created a plant based menu with home-made pitas, pancakes and a fresh made soup of the day. 

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Branko Kleynen

    Not just a Weed

    Fermented Knotweed Pickles recipe

    On March 25, 2020, after a scavenger hunt for Japanese Knotweed, Branko, Elise and Tommaso joined forces to pickle some shoots.

  • Oedipus Brewery

    We are Oedipus, four friends who share pleasure and knowledge through beer. We spend more time together than with our moms. We started brewing because we wanted to create something exciting

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Elise Chalcraft

    Duckweed taste testing 2.0

    Using duckweed as an alternative food source to feed our fish

    Let me tell you about an aquatic plant I have come to love... Duckweed is a floating aquatic plant commonly found in ponds, lakes, and other still-moving bodies of water. Duckweed is commonly seen as...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Vera Catalano, Doudouce Knol

    What does a day in the Aquaponics greenhouse look…

    Morning The first thing we do in the morning is to check the pH in the subtank. The pH, a measure of how acidic the water is, determines the health of the fish, the creation of bacteria in the system

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Clara Casal Georgiou, Nadja Nolte

    Okara Tempeh Recipe

    Reusing okara as a substrate for biofermentation : A plant-based protein source

    Most people know tempeh solely as the Indonesian dish consisting of fermented soybeans. However, many other alternatives can be used to grow tempeh. The Clean Lab team has discovered that the by

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Fermentation

    with Saskia Frederiks

    The world of fermentation is endless. You can play with structures, flavours and smells. Learn all about fermenting in our upcoming workshops.

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Elise Chalcraft

    7 kilos of Happiness

    The ins and outs of weighing our fish

    Every 6 months, we weigh our 128 African catfish. This is done to get a snapshot into the growth rate of the catfish and check on their general wellbeing. The Aquaponics Greenhouse currently has five...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Kombucha collection

    with Saskia Frederiks

    The world of fermentation is endless. You can play with structures, flavours and smells. Learn all about fermenting in our upcoming workshops.

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    What is a Neo Futurist Dinner?

    Neo Futurist Dinner is a programme line at Mediamatic where the world of food, art and science are brought together. During these gastronomical experiences, you will be engulfed in a multi-sensory...

  • The green gold

    Celebrating our Wasabi's 2nd birthday

    After some cold and rainy months in aquaponics, we were overjoyed to see the first aquaponics plant in bloom. This early bloomer has got to be a bit of a diva, as most plants are not showing any...

  • Tempeh Tasting Adventures

    Exciting our taste buds with a sustainable source of protein

    Clean Lab Interns Elnaz and Magdalena delved into another series of testing and tasting Tempeh preparations.

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Elise Chalcraft

    Tasting before wasting

    Optimizing our African Catfish feed

    My project for the past 8 weeks has been to look at how we could use waste streams from both the aquaponics greenhouse and the kitchen to feed our catfish to make the system as circular as possible.

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    ijKruid

    Starting from Dijkspark, we're mapping the plants in the city

    A big variety of plants is growing around our Biotoop, from healing to toxic, from dark green to purple. You can visit the Dijkspark at any moment.

  • The Nutritional Value of Acorns

    What can acorns bring to the table?

    Acorns - the fruits of the oak tree - have a remarkable nutritional profile that have great potential health benefits

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