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Radio NZ's Lynda Chanwai-Earle's reports on the Migrating Kitchen at Moore Wilson's
Go to RNZ Archives :
Lynda recording Annie Coates
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The SE Asia Night Market 16 March on Wellington's waterfront was a huge success with thousands cramming on to the walkway in front of Te Papa to watch dancers, sample sumptuous food and buy handicrafts Recipes from previous Migrating Kitchen exhibitions whetted the appetite!
Annie Coates & helpers fed hundreds from the Myanmar Migrating Kitchen tent. Hand-loomed scarves were popular - made by Porirua women from Myanmar/Burma's ethnic minorities: Shan, Chin, & Kachin. And we recruited a few Friends for the MK Trust.
  
Plans for this year are underway and we look forward to hearing your ideas
Last event of 2012: Migrating Kitchen Exhibition at Moore Wilson's
The Grand Finale - Thank you MOORE WILSON'S Iranians entertained, cooked, gave out recipes, made music, danced & talk about Iran
They danced! They talked! We ate!
Delicious dips Monday, rice dishes Tues, sweet treats Wed. Recipes - on the website created & designed by Geoff Head.
Geoff, Graciela Albrecht, his Chilean wife & their daughter starred in the Chile 'kitchen' at Pataka in '09.
Rug repairer, Anna Williams picked up new techniques on her recent visit to Iran
Afghanistan cuisine
At Moore Wilson's Fahima talks about the dangerous trek leaving Afghanistan on foot with five young children. She had to wear a full burqa in fear of the Taliban. She demonstrates the creative art of Mantu, Chapli Kebab and Shir Berenj - Afghan/Persian rice pudding.
Fahima cooking at Festival of the Elements with Baquer her son Making mantu at Moore Wilson's, & recipes
French cuisine at Moore Wilson's: We were honoured to have the Ambassador Francis Etienne and his wife open the French show at Moore Wilson's. This was a warm up before they left to launch the Cordon Bleu School round the corner!
The French connection ended with cheeses - fabulous French cheeses. Ludovic Avril from Le Marche Francais generously shared his knowledge - yet another taste of France.
French chef Pierre Bugaud in action entertains visitors with garlic mussels followed by sautéed chicken livers & bacon.
And here is his RECIPE for Crème Anglaise avec les Oeufs a la Neige. Shared for all to enjoy.
   WOW! - FRIENDS OF THE MIGRATING KITCHEN is launched
   
For the last two days members of Burma/Myanmar's diverse ethnic communities have cooked and entertained the packed kitchen at Moore Wilson's.
Glimpses of the cooking in the Myanmar kitchen last week:
Refugee stories and the challenges facing refugee groups here, hopeful discussions about changes in Myanmar and fascinating food make lunch in the Migrating Kitchen a thoughtful affair. Tourist visitors in town for WOW wandered into the MW kitchen and had an unexpected culinary and educative experience. They want the Migrating Kitchen to travel!
Hajar Ali, student & author spoke of the need to understand each other's cultures, a theme carried on by Sam Sefuiva from the Human Rights Commission. Ruth Pretty told entertaining stories about how our food tastes have changed dramatically since more refugee & migrant groups have settled here.
Then it was "bon appetit"!
Afghan, Burmese, French & Iranian communities will cook, make music and entertain from Monday to Wednesday throughout October.
Moore Wilson is continuing their generous sponsorship of the Migrating Kitchen Trust by providing all ingredients for the four communities - and their wonderful kitchen in College Street. No longer will the chefs have to make do with a two ring burner - although they provided fabulous food in our exhibitions.
Bring your friends, join Friends of the Migrating Kitchen Trust, taste delicious food, take away recipes.
Updates for times for each community will be posted on our Facebook Page.
Interested in becoming a Friend of the Migrating Kitchen Trust?
THE MIGRATING KITCHEN EXHIBITION 2012
A very big thank you to all the communities, to the sponsors (check them out on the sponsor page) and visitors who too part at: Te Manawa Gallery, 326 Main Street, Palmerston North
Exhibition coordinator: Christine Coles
Migrating Kitchen 2012 Exhibition
Te Manawa's McDiarmid Gallery was transformed into a blaze of colour, smell and sound as six local communities opened their kitchens in The Migrating Kitchen Exhibition.
   
Amongst their personal belongings on loan are treasures to be discovered - a dog-eared family exercise book with spindly French handwriting reveals recipes from 1906; copies of a Zimbabwean mother's stew recipe to take away (her daughter phoned Zimbabwe just to check she could pass it on and had it correct the way her mother made it). Then there's the hand painted dinner set from Russia; traditional cooking implements guarded by Bhutanese families through refugee camps, now used in Palmerston North; Filipino sweets to savour and colourful Cook Island material to feast the eyes on.
The Migrating Kitchen exhibition celebrates festivals, fashion and food with local multicultural communities - and this year the exhibition was held in Palmerston North - at Te Manawa Museum of Art, Science and History.
The support shown for the concept by local communities and businesses is evidence of the multi-cultural community that is at the heart of Palmerston North say the curators.
Every weekend one community commandeers the big kitchen table and the gallery is packed for the entertainment – and the food. Recipes are given away in each ‘kitchen’, DVDs play above each kitchen bench and kids enjoy grinding the spices and crushing the herbs.
It’s fun, vibrant and a great way to get to know your neighbours.
  
Kitchens Migrate to Palmerston North
Bhutanese, Filipino, Russian, Cook Island, Zimbabwean & French communities - Sharing Food Sharing Culture
The Migrating Kitchen’s celebration has become a bi-annual feature at Porirua’s Pataka Museum, but in April and May the concept travelled to Te Manawa Museum in Palmerston North. It’s a first for the Manawatu and the first time the event has been staged out of Wellington, but the support of The Migrating Kitchen Trust and enthusiasm of a local committee ensured its success.
Palmerston North City Council creative communities grants awards. Front row centre: Migrating Kitchen Trust's Jennifer Bush-Daumec, the PN co-ordinator, Christine Coles, and Nirmala Nand, President of Multi-Ethnic Council, PN
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It kicked off on March 30 with a get-together for all the participating communities. Guest speaker was Tony Simpson, well-known researcher and presenter on New Zealand food and its origins, author of ‘A Distant Feast’. The celebration was opened by City Councillor Tangi Utikere and the performances and food platters to set the tone for the following six weeks.
The first community to take over the migrated kitchen and display space for a week was the Bhutanese. they were followed by groups from Zimbabwe, the Philippines, France, Russia and the Cook Islands. Each community planned their own set of artifacts and activities so other New Zealanders could enjoy the diverse cultural experiences these migrant communities have brought with them.
Visitors to the Migrating Kitchen Exhibition at Te Manawa could study an especially prepared display about each of the participating communities and view a 10 minute film of each community. These introduce the families, who explain how they came to be in New Zealand, show food and cooking and how the local community gets together for religious, cultural or social events that help keep some of their traditions alive.
It was a wonderful six weeks of celebration of food and culture showcasing the rich contribution migrant communities can make to Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Trust thanks all the participants, the curators Jennifer Bush-Daumec and Christine Coles and all the visitors.
The Migrating Kitchen @ Festival of the Elements was 'epic'
At Porirua on Waitangi Day 6 Feb, ten communities cooked food, served favourite national dishes,gave cooking demonstrations and sold craft: Afghan, Burmese, Iranian, Italian, Japanese, Moroccan, Pacific, West &South African....and more
Recipes will be posted on the website
   
  
More photos of the multi cultural day at the Festival of the Elements on Facebook
STORIES FROM THE MIGRATING KITCHEN - 2011 & 2012 DVDs Now Available
2009 & 2011 DVDs are now available for sale
“An accessible, educational, entertaining resource that makes ethnic communities visible”
Joris de Bres, Race Relations Commissioner
"Fascinating migrant and refugee stories: this DVD is an asset to any teaching programme"
Margaret Tolland, Education Co-ordinator at Pataka
Contact Anna - info@migratingkitchen.org
The Migrating Kitchen at Pataka, August & September 2011
Was regarded as 'the best ever!' after six weeks of fine food and fabulous entertainment.
Thanks to all the communities: Argentinean, Iranian, Japanese, South African, Tongan and Welsh.
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The Argentinians treated visitors to empanadas, alfajores, and rice pudding, ending with a trio whose music had us tango dancing in the gallery.
   
   
The previous week the Tongans at the Migrating Kitchen filled the Pataka gallery with beauty, joy - and generosity of spirit.
Then there was the feast which entertained and fed an overflowing gallery!
Migrating Kitchen entertained visitors at Wellington airport yesterday. We kicked off with Eddie Peterson and his group, Vuyisa - to bring joy in Xhosa, then Shahram Aryan's trio and the grand finale from the Tongan choir.
The South Africans & the Welsh faced off before their big clash at the Cake Tin.
The Welsh Cuisine, Music, Arts and Crafts and then off to the airport to welcome their Welsh rugby team.
More photos on Facebook
The Iranians entertained with music, Persian rugs, calligraphy, poetry and dance and of course, Iranian cooking and tasting.
Check out photos by Alden Williams
The MK exhibition kicked off with the Japanese who entertained visitors this weekend with a beautiful Ikebana display, a tranquil tea ceremony, then a cooking demonstration in the gallery with a tasty treat for everyone.
The Migrating Kitchen opened with the Welsh national anthem, which blew the last snow off Pataka Museum's roof. Visitors were entranced by the Iranian dancers, a melodic Tongan trio and stunning Argentine Tango dancers before the Mayor of Porirua Nick Leggett flung open the doors to the Migrating Kitchen exhibition and fabulous food from six ethnic kitchens.
   
Pataka Porirua Museum of Arts and Cultures 
Norrie Street Porirua, New Zealand map link ph 04 237-1511
Narooz - the Iranian New Year Celebrations
The International Migrating Kitchen Craft Fair - 10 September at Pataka
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