The Fourth MAD Symposium
What is the border between nature and culture? At the fourth MAD Symposium, curator Alex Atala of restaurant D.O.M. proposed that the border is food. When we consider how to care after our lands, our rivers, and our seas, we can’t forget the importance of human action, and food, in this effort. At What’s Cooking?, we considered how cooking relates to genesis, maybe even the apocalypse, and we saw how cooking is a social tool with the power to transform jailhouses and fundamentally change poor areas like the favelas.
Cooking is interdisciplinary, deeply human, and deeply natural. Let’s continue to think about how our craft has the potential to do a lot more than just give people pleasure and ensure a better future for all of us.
Schedule
The schedule for MAD4 — What’s Cooking?
Day One
Friday, 24th August
Does the Apple Fall Very Far From the Tree?
Madhur Jaffrey, Actress and Food and Travel Writer USA/UK
Presentation
Alain Senderens, Chef, Senderens and L’Archestrate France
Conviviality for One
Julian Baggini, Philosopher, Author, and Founding Editor, The Philosopher’s Magazine UK
The Art of the Table
Silvano Giraldin, Pioneer of the art of the table and previous Managing Director, Le Gavroche UK
How the Flavors of the World Came Together in Brittany
Olivier Roellinger, Chef, Maisons de Bricourt France
Presentation
Alex Atala, Chef, D.O.M. Brazil
Day Two
Saturday, 25th August
Beautiful People Eat Ugly Fruit
Isabel Soares, Founder/Director, Fruta Feia Brazil
Presentation
Rorion Gracie, Jiu-Jitsu Grand Master and Co-Founder, Ultimate Fighting Championship Brazil
Presentation
Adeilson Lopes da Silva & André Mifano, Ecologist Brazil Chef, Vito Brazil
Roy Choi and Daniel Patterson Announce loco’l
Roy Choi & Daniel Patterson, Chef/Owner, Kogi; Host, The Chef Show USA Chef, Alta Restaurant Group USA
Save Your Food, Save Your Life
Ron Finley, Guerrilla Gardener/Urban Farmer and Founder, Ron Finley Project USA
Presentation
Katia Barbosa & Renato Meirelles, Chef, Aconchego Carioca Brazil Writer & Founder, Data Popular Brazil
Passing on Skills
Darina Allen & Rachel Allen, Chef/Author/Founder, Ballymaloe Cookery School Ireland Food Writer and Television Presenter Ireland
Presentation
Jayme Santos Junior & David Hertz, Head Judge of the Court of Criminal Enforcement Brazil Chef/Owner, Gastromotiva Brazil
Presentation
Christine Muhlke, Editor at Large, Bon Appétit; Founder, Bureau X USA
Videos from MAD4
Tatsuru Rai
Soba Master Demonstrates His Craft
Anya Von Bremzen
A Diner’s Confession on The Flavor of Fantasy
Albert Adrià