Menu for the reception at the opening of the Future Fictions exhibition at Z33 in Hasselt, Belgium, on the 4th of October 2014.

Context: “continue business as usual”, exotic foods, delicate or exaggerated presentation, lively colours, re-localised tastes, importance of branding, enhanced foods…

• Golden banana and parsley raita with vegetable crisps
• Asparagus and sweet-corn jello
• Spirulina pasta salad
• “Green” tea

Context: Wholesome foods focused on nutritional value, food as medicine, certification bureaucracy, short supply chains, C2C, wild foods…

• Witlof leaf stuffed with cheesy potatoes and wild herbs
• Pumpkin and smoked paprika smoothie
• Mixed grains and seeds with chantarelles and harissa
• Layered wholegrain hummus and beetroot sandwiches

Context: waste as food, fermentation, hunting and gathering, anti-biotic resistance, starvation/decadence, mock meat, insects, nose-to-tail diets…

• Potato-peel chips with truffle oil
• Fermented seasonal mushrooms
• Smoked mushroom consomme
• Crickets in seaweed salt

Context: innovation, playfulness, DIY, flavour pairing, food science, food forests, micro-supply chains, ultra-boutique products…

• Raw cocoa snuff
• Fruit reduction with chilly
• Mock oysters (glazed seasonal fruit)
• Popping dates
• Sweet basil drink