When: Saturday, June 5, 10:00am Pittsburgh, USA 6:30pm Tehran, IRAN do my homework for freeWhere: The Waffle Shop, Pittsburgh/ Sazmanab Project, Tehran The Conflict Kitchen held its first public event, a meal held simultaneously in Pittsburgh and Tehran, where diners in both cities sat around long tables that were joined via webcam: an international dinner… MORE >
When: 11.30a, Saturday, July 10 Conflict Kitchen (Pittsburgh) and Sazmanab Project (Tehran) presented a live screening of videos curated directly from Youtube posts shot both in Tehran and Pittsburgh. This back and forth format utilized the vast and idiosyncratic resources of YouTube to present first-person video accounts that reflect on the daily life of each… MORE >
Conflict Kitchen played host to almost seventy students and teachers from Pittsburgh’s Ellis School on Wednesday, December 8. Conflict Kitchen co-creator Dawn Weleski presented the project and bolani filled with spinach, potato and leeks, and red lentils were served to the guests. Afghan-American Mohammed Sidky fielded great questions from the students about Afghanistan on topics… MORE >
We presented the Conflict Kitchen project this summer at the Festival Belluard Bollwerk International, Friboug, Switzerland with our friends Iranian artist/curator Sohrab Kashani, director of Sazmanab Project, and Afghan filmmaker Hamed Alizideh, a member of Kabul-based CSFilms. We each presented the conditions that gave rise to our work locally and what we have done together… MORE >
Filmmaker and educator Michael Sheridan presented a screening of selected documentary shorts by a group of filmmakers he has been working with in Afghanistan. The participating Afghan filmmakers Skyped in for a live question and answer session after the screening. Michael Sheridan is the director of Community Supported Film (CSFilm) which strengthens the documentary storytelling… MORE >
We are currently presenting the second iteration of Conflict Kitchen via Bolani Pazi, an Afghan take-out restaurant that serves a savory homemade afghan turnover filled with either pumpkin, spinach, lentils, or potatoes and leeks. Developed in collaboration with members of the Afghan community, our bolani comes packaged in a custom-designed wrapper that includes interviews with… MORE >
Our Venezuelan takeout kitchen, called La Cocina Arepas serves homemade arepas, which are grilled corn cakes filled with either Queso (cheese), Reina Pepiada (chicken and avocado salad), or Caraotas (Venezuelan black bean mixture). a variety of ingredients. Arepas are common to restaurants and kitchens throughout Venezuela and Colombia. A recipe will be posted shortly. Here… MORE >
Menu Includes: Black Beans and Rice – Congri or Cristianos y Moros Roast Pork in Mojo Marinade – Lechon Asado Boiled Yuca in Garlic Sauce – Yuca con Mojo Vegetable Salad – Ensalada de Vegetales
Given the recent rhetoric in the United States surrounding Iran, we have decided to reopened our Iranian version. Come down, have some kubideh (or our vegetarian kookoo sabzi), unpack the news of the day, and get introduced to some of the thoughts and opinions of people living in Iran. Kubideh Kitchen is developed in collaboration… MORE >
