Watercolour diagram depicting interconnected food science concepts represented as vessels, linked via industrial pipes and botanical plants. Each vessel symbolizes a culinary and scientific process such as fermentation, microbes, and food culture.

We are an interdisciplinary research group based at the
Biotechnology Research Institute for the Green Transition,
Technical University of Denmark.

We combine cooking, science & culture for
a flavourful, equitable & ecological food system.

Read more about our approach.

Essays, recipes, scientific digests & more

Read more

Recent publications

People

Group of eight smiling diverse people in a laboratory or workshop.

Some of the team, with Harold McGee
(who was sadly only visiting)

Appearances

Upcoming

‘Microbial Terroir or Microbial Metaphor? Clarifying a Traveling Concept in Fermentation’ (conference talk), Ananya Gupta & Josh Evans, Gastronomy in Transition conference, University of Aarhus, Denmark, 28 September - 1 October 2026.

‘Handwork, Handværk, or biotech “handy”work?’ (conference talk), Taeko Hamada, Gastronomy in Transition conference, University of Aarhus, Denmark, 28 September - 1 October 2026. 

‘A Taste of… Symbiosis’  (panelist), Josh Evans, Leonie Jahn, & Steffen Krejberg Knudsen, Bloom x Alle Tiders, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2 October 2026.

‘Otherwising the control panel: Assembling strategies to explore alternative biological relations’ (panel convenor), Erika Szymanski, Josh Evans, & Emma Frow, Society for the Social Study of Science conference (4S), Toronto, Canada, 10 October 2026.

‘Small Manipulations: Addressing Agential Asymmetry through Culinary Worlds’ (conference talk), Taeko Hamada, on panel ‘Otherwising the control panel: Assembling strategies to explore alternative biological relations’, Society for the Social Study of Science conference (4S), Toronto, Canada, 10 October 2026.

‘Being Interesting, Becoming Interested: aesthetic-ethics of human–microbe relations in novel fermentation practices’ (panelist), Josh Evans, on panel ‘Otherwising the control panel: Assembling strategies to explore alternative biological relations’, Society for the Social Study of Science conference (4S), Toronto, Canada, 10 October 2026.

‘What comes after agency?’ (panel convenor), Erika Szymanski & Josh Evans, Center for the Social Study of Microbes conference, University of Helsinki, Finland, 19-22 October 2026.

‘Agential Asymmetry through Culinary Worlds’ (conference talk), Taeko Hamada, on panel ‘What comes after agency?’, Center for the Social Study of Microbes conference, University of Helsinki, Finland, 19-22 October 2026.

‘The Dilemma Game: Microbial Matters’ (workshop organiser), Tereza Stöckelová, Joshua David Evans, & Lukáš Senft, Center for the Social Study of Microbes conference, University of Helsinki, Finland, 19-22 October 2026.

‘A Taste of… Space Miso’ (invited speakers), Josh Evans & Kim Wejendorp, BLOOM Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark, 29 May 2026.

‘Four ingredients, many disciplines: a transdisciplinary path to blue plant cheese’ (invited speaker), Kacper Szewranski, New Food Forum 2026, Warsaw, Poland, 12 May 2026.

‘Helen Anne Curry: Narratives of crisis and change in the history of industrial agriculture’ (interlocutor), Josh Evans, START Collaborative Landscapes Hub talks, 11 May 2026.

Recent

Illustration of a water system with pipes labeled 'Fermentation', 'Microbes', and 'Food Memory', featuring a brain icon, a grapevine, and words like 'The Vibe' and 'Amplification' on the pipes.

We are an interdisciplinary research group based at the Biotechnology Research Institute for the Green Transition,
Technical University of Denmark.

We combine cooking, science
& culture for a flavourful, equitable & ecological food system.

Read more about our approach.

Essays, recipes,
scientific digests & more

Read more

Recent publications

People

Group of eight people smiling in a laboratory or workshop setting with shelves and equipment in the background.

The team, with Harold McGee
(who was sadly only visiting)

Appearances

Upcoming

‘Microbial Terroir or Microbial Metaphor? Clarifying a Traveling Concept in Fermentation’ (conference talk), Ananya Gupta & Josh Evans, Gastronomy in Transition conference, University of Aarhus, Denmark, 28 September - 1 October 2026.

‘Handwork, Handværk, or biotech “handy”work?’ (conference talk), Taeko Hamada, Gastronomy in Transition conference, University of Aarhus, Denmark, 28 September - 1 October 2026. 

‘A Taste of… Symbiosis’  (panelist), Josh Evans, Leonie Jahn, & Steffen Krejberg Knudsen, Bloom x Alle Tiders, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2 October 2026.

‘Otherwising the control panel: Assembling strategies to explore alternative biological relations’ (panel convenor), Erika Szymanski, Josh Evans, & Emma Frow, Society for the Social Study of Science conference (4S), Toronto, Canada, 10 October 2026.

‘Small Manipulations: Addressing Agential Asymmetry through Culinary Worlds’ (conference talk), Taeko Hamada, on panel ‘Otherwising the control panel: Assembling strategies to explore alternative biological relations’, Society for the Social Study of Science conference (4S), Toronto, Canada, 10 October 2026.

‘Being Interesting, Becoming Interested: aesthetic-ethics of human–microbe relations in novel fermentation practices’ (panelist), Josh Evans, on panel ‘Otherwising the control panel: Assembling strategies to explore alternative biological relations’, Society for the Social Study of Science conference (4S), Toronto, Canada, 10 October 2026.

‘What comes after agency?’ (panel convenor), Erika Szymanski & Josh Evans, Center for the Social Study of Microbes conference, University of Helsinki, Finland, 19-22 October 2026.

‘Agential Asymmetry through Culinary Worlds’ (conference talk), Taeko Hamada, on panel ‘What comes after agency?’, Center for the Social Study of Microbes conference, University of Helsinki, Finland, 19-22 October 2026.

‘The Dilemma Game: Microbial Matters’ (workshop organiser), Tereza Stöckelová, Joshua David Evans, & Lukáš Senft, Center for the Social Study of Microbes conference, University of Helsinki, Finland, 19-22 October 2026.

Recent

‘A Taste of… Space Miso’ (invited speakers), Josh Evans & Kim Wejendorp, BLOOM Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark, 29 May 2026.

‘Four ingredients, many disciplines: a transdisciplinary path to blue plant cheese’ (invited speaker), Kacper Szewranski, New Food Forum 2026, Warsaw, Poland, 12 May 2026.

‘Helen Anne Curry: Narratives of crisis and change in the history of industrial agriculture’ (interlocutor), Josh Evans, START Collaborative Landscapes Hub talks, 11 May 2026.