Figo Collective – Nº 5
Figo Collective Nº5 moves through food as memory, language, innovation and inheritance. Across essays, interviews, visual stories, recipes and research pieces, this issue follows the traces of what we carry and what we choose to transform. From fungi as a living language and the future of sustainable flavour, to the classroom of La Escuelita in Barrio Mugica, Northern Swedish cuisine, biodiversity in hazelnut farming, wine, beer, markets, seeds, scent, nourishment, leadership and the quiet architectures of hospitality.
This issue also looks at continuity in gastronomy through conversations and reflections on Mirazur with Mauro Colagrego, Mater in Peru, the Troisgros brothers and the ideas that continue to shape the way we cook, learn, serve and imagine the future of food.
This issue contains 210 pages, printed on FSC certified recycled paper. It gathers essays, interviews, illustrated recipes, artistic contributions and research pieces, weaving ideas with meaningful observation.
Cover photo: Mikel Ponce
Graphic design: Ambulante Studio
Contents:
The language of fungi
Written by Julia Soria, based on conversations with Miriam Josi and Stella Lee Prowse, founders of Aléa
Photography courtesy of Aléa
The cocktail and the blackboard: the story of La Escuelita in Barrio Mugica
Written by Cecilia Boullosa
Photography by Anita Pouchard Serra
Flavour-driven sustainability
Written by Kim Wejendorp, with Eliot Beeby and Josh Evans
Photography courtesy of Sustainable Food Innovation Group
“Wine speaks of the people who make it”
Written by Laura Becerra Ortiz
Photography by Laura Becerra Ortiz
Manga Recipe: Sourdough bread
Illustration by Joaquín Cuevas
Pitepalt & Prästost: An Homage to Northern Swedish Cuisine
Written by Dominic Ashby
Catch of the day. Ağustos: making biodiversity visible, edible, and shareable
Written by Ula Woźniak and Alp Ocak
Photography and illustrations courtesy of Ağustos
Sipping sustainability. Oi Brewing Company and the blueprint for a better pint
Written by Siddharth Chogle in collaboration with Oi Brewing Company
Photography courtesy of Oi Brewing Company
Building Continuity: 20 Years of Mirazur. A Conversation with Mauro Colagreco
Written by Julia Soria and Siddharth Chogle
Photography by Matteo Carassale
Luxury is a feeling, not a fixture
Reimagining Leadership in Hospitality for a Human, Digital and Purpose Driven Era
Written by Shrikant Peri
Market and supermarket: between reverie and reality
Written by Blanca del Noval López de Montenegro
Illustrations by Poan Pan
The hunger we inherited and the seeds that can end it
Written by Tasmia Ansari
Photography courtesy of OOO Farms
The nose knows
Written by Elizabeth Yorke
Photography by Serendipity Arts Festival
Where the world is cooked
Written by Magda Choque Vilca
Illustrations by Oliver Li
Feasting eyes
Written by Nilosree Biswas
Illustrations by Arpan Mazumder
A holistic vision of Theobromas from Mater
Written by Julia Soria
Photography by Camila Novoa and Jonas Monge
Calories everywhere, nourishment nowhere. A longevity wake-up call
Written by Dr. Priyanka Pansare
Illustrations by Aniket Pathare
Jean and Pierre Troisgros: two brothers, a salmon, and the birth of Nouvelle Cuisine
Written by Magalí Ortiz Martín
Illustrations by Camila Torre Notari