Pickling Workshop: »Torshi: Manifestation Pickling« with Hanieh Fatouraee

Torshi: Manifestation Pickling with artist and architect Hanieh Fatouraee is an invitation to explore and exchange methods of food preservation together around a Sofreh made of fruits and vegetables. A Sofreh is a traditional cloth used for serving food or sharing meals while sitting together on the floor.

Together, we explore pickling as a ritual, caring, and communal practice – inspired by the tradition of Torshi-making, which is common in several West Asian cuisines. Gathering around the Sofreh holds significance not only because it is a mobile nomadic tool of carrying food and a space of gathering but has long been part of many cultures as a ritualistic place for ceremonial events or celebratory symbolism like Haft-seen.

In this freestyle event, Hanieh Fatouraee will talk about some of her familial local preservation methods of the Urmia region followed by collectively sharing pickle recipes while cutting, peeling, gossiping, debating whose method is better, and designing colorful pickles with vegetables & fruits.

During these political times when intersectional solidarity is needed more than ever, we will take a moment to inscribe our desired manifestations onto the pickles. As we embody these pickles by eating them in the near future, we allow the act of preservation to infuse into our bodies with more care and acknowledgement.

The event will be held in English. The expense contribution for food is 5 Euros.

The number of participants for the workshop is limited.
Please register by November 2 with Hanieh Fatouraee, haniehfatouraee(at)gmail.com.