This new video explores the history of the Venice Biennale, a 120-year-old international art festival held every two years in Venice, Italy. Also known as the “Olympics of Art,” this film takes viewers on a crash-course...
KEEP READINGRefugees Cook to Counter Stereotypes
Jun 30, 2016
In Paris, France, restaurants opened their kitchens to refugee chefs in an innovative gastrodiplomacy initiative aimed at facilitating cross-cultural understanding. The Refugee Food Festival, which took place last weekend (June 17-21, to coincide with World Refugee Day) in the French capital, invited refugee chefs from Syria, Sri Lanka, Iran and the Ivory Coast to showcase their cultural and culinary traditions, and to break stereotypes about the image of refugees. The Festival was co-organized the United Nations’ refugee agency (UNHCR) and two French food organizations—Food Sweet Food and Les Cuistots Migrateurs—and encouraged hungry diners to celebrate diversity, globalization, and great tasting culinary traditions.
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