The bird, the element of air, meets Earth and Fire ...
The bird, the element of air, meets Earth and Fire ...
Smoking with smoke Cold and salted raw meat (earth element) meets fire in warm air for many hours, then in hot water, it becomes food. Smoke smoking is an old method of preserving meat. Fire and pieces of aromatic hardwood that burn slowly and produce a lot of smoke. The meat stays in the smoke of about 70 degrees Celsius for many...
The element of Fire is the most powerful of the elements, its energy gives warmth and turns a dead body into a warm, aromatic meal.With its help, all other elements change their state of aggregation.He turns water into the air and deprives the Earth of Water. Perfect knuckle:uncured pork on the bone (large knuckle)Marinate:1 carrot1 parsley root1 head of garlic1 onion4 bay leaves6 grains of allspice8 cloves20 black peppercornssalt: 4 spoons for brine, 2 spoons for cooking Pour 1.5 liters of water into a large container. Add chopped vegetables, spices, and herbs, 4 tablespoons of salt. Dip the pork knuckles and meat...
.When the earth elements (yeast and grain) combine with the elements of water and fire in a fascinating fermentation process, the bread will be created. As a result of these miraculous alchemical processes, bread contains most of the last element, air. It is from this air that good bread is baked. Made according to the old alchemical culinary art without rush, from a muddy pulp it becomes a sensual, tasty, and the most basic human food. This is real kitchen magic. From the inedible (even harmful - when raw) wet flour pulp, after waiting for some time and baking, we get...
Earth- Goddess, Mother Earth, Mother Nature, Freya, Pachamama- worshiped and respected. It is her that is entrusted with love and care the seed from which new life will be born. It is she who wraps everything that is dead so that it may arise new. Nourishes and cleanses. The Earth is at the same time the Nursing Mother and the Space where the dramas and love of all our great lives take place. The earth smiles with flowers, hugs us with trees. Vegetables and fruits, minerals, miraculous micro compounds and microorganisms - all its benefits and generosity are manifested at...
Air-ether-spirit. The element of air is the first and last breath you give this world, it's a matter of thought, it's a concept, it's music, it's the words you say. It is a fragrance that, like a time machine, can take you into the realm of memories. Familiar from childhood, or some wonderful moment from the past, the moment when you breathed in the air full of this fragrance. The smell of Christmas cookies, a birthday cake, a special dinner in a special place, the air that lifts our prayers and prayers to the heavens. Alchemically in the kitchen(to be...
Fire like a deity once worshiped and respected in temples. It is a symbol and attribute of the most powerful gods, and through it, priests asked the gods. It's sun and lightning. It is life and a symbol of God's wrath. It is a flame of knowledge, a spark of inspiration, a fire of love. It is a phoenix that burns up in a fire in order to be reborn from it. The history of civilization began with fire. It gives a sense of warmth, connection, and security. This is the most powerful alchemical transformation. "Once upon a time, people adhering...
When scientists are looking for life in space, they are not looking for Earth, they are not looking for Fire, they are not looking for Air. They are looking for Water. Water is the sacred earth element that causes the flow between what is visible and invisible. Water is life - it is from which our first cells are built, it carries information. Atom by atom, on the basis of which we arise, is called from three other earthly elements. Water hears you, water has memory. Water has the full potential of information. It is your approach to deciding which...
The wonderful alchemy of the kitchen shows how far we have come as a species, and also confirms that we have truly risen above the blood and claw-dominated world of nature. Cooking distinguishes us, allows us to define the boundaries between man and other living creatures, none of which can cook. Levi-Strauss in his book "Raw and Cooked" writes: "Cooking not only means the transition from nature to culture but thanks to it and through it we can define humanity with all its qualities." us people. ...
My project is a continuation of the work from last semester. As before, the main inspiration is the works of masters of painting who lived in the 15th and 17th centuries. For the previous ones, I'd like to add a few new characters Jacob van der Kerckhoven (or Jacques van de Kerckhoven), known in Italy as Giacomo da Castello (1636/1637 - after 1712), was a Flemish painter. After training in Antwerp, he was active in the Veneto region of Italy. He was one of the most outstanding specialists in still life and animals operating...