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About the trainersLisbon Spoons are a collective of wood lovers who have dedicated themselves to the art of spoon carving. They take a sustainable approach, using wood from pruning, found in nature or from various leftovers. They favour hand tools. Concerned about the disappearance of arts and crafts related to wood, they try to help keep these crafts alive.
In this workshop, participants will learn the basic principles of carving wooden spoons, with a strong practical component. The course covers different types of wood, tools, carving techniques and safety rules for handling them. At the end, each participant will take home the spoons they made during the workshop. The workshop is in Portuguese and English.
About the trainerDeniz Bulgur is a Turkish-German neuroscientist, raised in Germany in a Turkish household where food was a language of its own. Alongside research on the brain, Deniz explores in the kitchen how people have kept and made food for centuries: pickling, fermenting, drying and slow-cooking traditional dishes. Self-taught, Deniz knows where beginners get stuck, and as a scientist explains the reasoning behind each step, so that participants leave with understanding, not just a recipe, along with a few new skills, a jar or two, and the confidence to keep experimenting at home.
This workshop covers the basic principles of preparing, feeding and maintaining a sourdough starter, exploring simple proportions and signs of fermentation. Starting from an active starter, participants will follow the preparation and kneading of bread, relating the fermentation process to bread making. The workshop is in English.
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