Title & Author:

Pressure cooker recipes : an architectural cookbook / edited by Azza Aboualam.

Edition:

First edition

Publication:

Abu Dhabi : National Pavilion UAE La Biennale di Venezia : Kaph Books, 2025.
©2025

Description:

355 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 22 cm

Notes:
Published on the occasion of the National Pavilion United Arab Emirates' exhibition: Pressure Cooker Recipes, at the 19th Biennale Architettura at La Biennale di Venezia, held from May 10 to November 23, 2025.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-351).
PROLOGUE -- Commissioner's foreword : Right plant, right place / by Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation -- Supporter's foreword / by UAE Ministry of Culture -- Curator's note : Where do the blueberries come from? / by Azza Aboualam -- Side note, editor's note, & acknowledgements / by Azza Aboualam -- JOURNEY THROUGH A MEAL -- Course 1. Starters and first impressions. Where to begin : historic groundings / by Azza Aboualam -- Course 2. Salads & fresh beginnings. Growing papayas in the desert : an agricultural engineer recounts a transnational history of greenhouses in the UAE, 1970s-1990s / by Huma Gupta -- Course 3. Family feasts. From land to hearth : diet in the Arabian Desert / by Sarah Saad Alajmi -- INGREDIENTS AS HEROS -- Course 1. Cool as a cucumber. Fieldwork findings / by Azza Aboualam -- Course 2. The desert's bread loaves. Through the companion's eyes : a fictional and probably more accurate retelling of Zwemer's journeys / by Faysal Tabbarah -- Course 3. The essential grains. Joining together : architecture, agriculture, and the conceptualization of craft / by Kevin Mitchell -- COOKING TECHNIQUES -- Course 1. Cut, slice, and dice. Imported vs contextual / by Azza Aboualam -- Course 2. Simmering & stewing. It's not the heat, it's the humidity : designing for crop growth and human comfort in desert greenhouses / by Dimitri Brand and Kit Elsworth -- Course 3. Conceal & reveal. Living machines / by HOME-OFFICE (Daniel Jacobs and Brittany Utting) -- MEAL KITS & PREP -- Course 1. Quick & easy kits. Future speculation : live, grow, eat in an Emirati neighborhood / by Azza Aboualam -- Course 2. Make-ahead meals and creative leftovers. Reviving self-reliance : the resurgence of backyard farming and livestock management in Emirati suburban villas / by Rashed Almulla -- Course 3. One-pot wonders. Form, pattern, rule : reading carbon form at the territorial scale / by Elisa Iturbe -- SEASONAL & LOCAL -- Course 1. Homegrown. Photo essay 01 / by Azza Aboualam and Ola Allouz -- Course 2. Summer harvest. Photo essay 02 / by Azza Aboualam and Ola Allouz -- Course 3. Winter comforts. Photo essay 03 / by Azza Aboualam and Ola Allouz -- EPILOGUE -- Editor's biography -- Writers' biographies -- Bibliography.

Summary:

"Cooking and architecture have a lot in common. Both start with a set of ingredients that are combined to create a whole; one that is often greater than the sum of its parts. Conceived as a publication for the exhibition at the National Pavilion United Arab Emirates at La Biennale di Venezia 2025, this architectural cookbook features recipes that range from the technical and historical to the fictional. It showcases a multitude of responses to a curated selection of key ingredients, providing creative, flavorful, and accessible ways to reflect on food production in an extreme climate and its overlap with architecture. Ultimately, Pressure Cooker Recipes asks: In the arid desert, where do the blueberries come from?" --Back cover.

ISBN:

6148035944
9786148035944

Subject:

Architecture United Arab Emirates Exhibitions.
Agriculture United Arab Emirates Exhibitions.
Food security United Arab Emirates Exhibitions.
Architecture Émirats arabes unis Expositions.
Agriculture Émirats arabes unis Expositions.
Sécurité alimentaire Émirats arabes unis Expositions.

Added entries:

Aboualam, Azza, editor.
International Architectural Exhibition (19th : 2025 : Venice, Italy)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 322362
Call No.: 322362
Copy: 1
Status: External loan