CulinaryMisfits is a design start-up born in Berlin, exploring the
intersection of design and sustainability with a primary focus on
food culture and how we can be inspired to rethink how we approach
natural foods.
The
founders are Lea Emma Rosa Brumsack and Tanja Krakowski. They create
the first catering service to make its dishes using only ingredients
discarded by supermarkets, farmers and restaurants
The
idea is already explained in its name: misfits in fact means both
"freak of nature" and "inappropriate", this word
was chosen to challenge the widespread belief that the food is good
only when it is looking good.
While
it is true that the eye wants its part, it is equally true that
appearances often deceive. So Lea and Tanja have chosen to use as
ingredients only vegetables and fruits of the season because of their
aesthetic inaccurate are rejected by large retailers and catering
obeying strict criteria and aesthetic dimensions that determine a
huge and unnecessary consuming food.
They
collect veggies and fruits themselves and co-operate with two local
organic farmers who let them have their abandoned harvest to a truly
fair price- a substantial extra income for the farmers and a basis of
business for Lea and Tanja.
With
this second choice products Lea and Tanja create delicious dishes,
minimizing waste and looking at the ingredients locally, thereby
complying with the criteria of distribution at zero kilometers,
without depriving their creations of quality and good taste.
After
starting in early 2012, Culinary Misfits has at the moment a
provvisory home in Kreuzberg. Now a crowdfunding campaign is underway
to allow Culinary Misfits to have their own place for cooking,
experimenting, lecturing and selling the little misfits.
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credits Culinary Misfits
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