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
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability,
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

‘Cultivating Arts of Hopefulness: Creativity, Pleasure, and Joy’ (invited speaker), Josh Evans, Earth Overshoot Day event, DTU Biosustain, Kgs. Lyngby, 20 March 2026.

‘A Taste of… Space Miso’ (invited speakers), Josh Evans & Kim Wejendorp, BLOOM Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark, 31 May 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.

‘Sustainable Food: Microbial solutions for global challenges: Fermentation for Flavour, Sustainability, and Transdisciplinarity’ (invited speaker), Josh Evans, International Interdisciplinary Colloquium: New Challenges Induced by Microbiomes, Sorbonne–CNRS, Paris, France, 12 December 2025.

‘An STS With Science: Cultivating Transdisciplinarity through Fermentation’ (invited speaker), Josh Evans, Human-Centered Innovation Research Seminar, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, 3 October 2025.

‘Frontiers of Fermentation in Practice and Research’ (invited speaker), Josh Evans, Stanford Fermented Foods Conference, Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA, 4-5 September 2025.

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 Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability,
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

‘Cultivating Arts of Hopefulness: Creativity, Pleasure, and Joy’ (invited speaker), Josh Evans, Earth Overshoot Day event, DTU Biosustain, Kgs. Lyngby, 20 March 2026.

‘A Taste of… Space Miso’ (invited speakers), Josh Evans & Kim Wejendorp, BLOOM Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark, 31 May 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.

Recent

‘Sustainable Food: Microbial solutions for global challenges: Fermentation for Flavour, Sustainability, and Transdisciplinarity’ (invited speaker), Josh Evans, International Interdisciplinary Colloquium: New Challenges Induced by Microbiomes, Sorbonne–CNRS, Paris, France, 12 December 2025.

‘An STS With Science: Cultivating Transdisciplinarity through Fermentation’(invited speaker), Josh Evans, Human-Centered Innovation Research Seminar, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, 3 October 2025.

‘Frontiers of Fermentation in Practice and Research’ (invited speaker), Josh Evans, Stanford Fermented Foods Conference, Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA, 4-5 September 2025.