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NOVEMBER 2012
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FOOD & DRINK
A ship of odd and wonderful
proportion has dropped anchor
in Copenhagen’s Øresund strait,
just a strip of icy water and
asphalt away from one of the best restaurants
in the world. Stripped of tackle from its fishing
days and now stocked with beakers containing
mosses, mushrooms, insects and fruit blends in
various stages of fermentation, the boat looks like
a cross between an agriculturist’s field base and
an award-winning restaurant kitchen. Which, as
it happens, isn’t far from the truth.
The Nordic Food Lab, as the ship is called, was
developed by the minds behind that world-
famous restaurant next door, Noma, and
RARE EARTH
ELEMENTS
A selection of the
Nordic Food Lab’s
found and processed
foodstuffs
CLAES BECH-POULSEN
WEIRD
SCIENCE
On a boat behind a legendary
restaurant resides the
world’s strangest—andmost
influential—food lab
BYMOLLY HANNON
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
