01Black pepper
A climbing vine, an ocean traveller, a familiar turn of the mill.
A LIVING ATLAS OF FOOD & CULTURE
Flavours,Connected
Explore the story of food through the places, people, and cultures that shape it.
ENTERTHE INGREDIENTS9 ingredients to explore
01Piper nigrum
02Chilli
A fruit with many forms. A seed carried across oceans. A heat made at home.
03Vanilla
An orchid, a fleeting flower, and an aroma made through time and skilled hands.
04Tamarind
A brittle shell. A sticky centre. A sourness that finds a home in many kitchens.
05Cacao
A pod on a trunk. A seed transformed. A cup with a long human history.
06Rice
A grass. A grain. A shared meal that holds more than one history.
07Sesame
A tiny seed. A capsule opening. A bread ring covered in a thousand small encounters.
08Saffron
A purple flower. A few red threads. A small gesture that changes the whole pan.
09Maize
A grass transformed by people. A grain transformed by water, lime and the work of hands.
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THE CONNECTED ATLAS
Follow a flavour.
Change your perspective.
Botanical ancestry, the movement of goods, a living kitchen. Each layer tells a different story.
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Selected regions, not a single point of domestication.
How to read this atlas
The layers answer different questions. Origins distinguish native range from domestication and cultivation; journeys mark selected connections and surviving evidence; living traditions describe attributed practices. Regional markers are approximate, and dashed lines are schematic. Each place opens its sources.
THE LIVING TABLE · EIGHT DISH EXHIBITIONS
Landscapes meet.
A meal begins.
Follow an ingredient into a particular preparation. Discover the work, the tools and the traditions around it.
01Rasam ↗
Pepper, sourness and the sound of a final seasoning.
02Sinigang ↗
Follow tamarind into a Filipino sour broth. A pot of pork, vegetables and the taste a household calls its own.
03Drinking chocolate ↗
Cacao becomes a warm drink. Follow grinding, water and the small movements that bring air into the cup.
04Ceebu Jën ↗
Follow rice into Ceebu Jën: a Senegalese dish in which the grain, the fish and the act of gathering belong together.
05Simit ↗
Follow sesame over the surface of an Ankara simit. A brown crust, a circle of dough, and the craft between them.
06Paella valenciana ↗
Saffron meets rice in a wide, shallow pan. Follow a Valencian preparation through its ingredients, cooking liquid and final rest.
07Tamales ↗
Maize becomes masa, then a parcel around a red-chile pork filling. Follow the work of spreading, folding and steaming.
08Crème brûlée ↗
Vanilla, a cool custard and the first crack of caramel.
THE CONNECTIONS
Flavours meet.
Stories unfold.
Follow a shared sensation, a transformation, a way of cooking. Four short journeys across the collection.
01 / CONNECTION
What we call heat
BLACK PEPPER × CHILLI
Two plants. Different compounds. A sensation that connects them.
02 / CONNECTIONFlavour takes time
VANILLA × CACAO
Vanilla and cacao. A harvest is only the beginning.
03 / CONNECTIONThe art of balance
TAMARIND × PEPPER × CHILLI
Two sour broths. Many ways to bring a flavour into focus.
04 / CONNECTIONA grain becomes a meal
RICE × MAIZE
Rice and maize. Three dishes shaped by technique and tradition.
THE RESEARCH ROOM
Curiosity, with
its sources attached.
Each exhibition links its claims to evidence, from botanical records to culinary traditions.
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