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ARCTIC MEAL
Course 2 // Graved ptarmigan with blueberry reduction, pickled chantarelle, Swedish capers and red beetroot crisps

Vegetarian or non-vegetarian?
One of the major challenges in the "Arctic Meal" project for me as a vegetarian was deciding, whether the dinner should be vegetarian or non-vegetarian. I usually always strongly advocate for food that is entirely vegan or vegetarian at events in Germany, but this time the aim was to understand the identity of a region. After many conversations in advance, including with the chef Jonathan, who by the way is himself a vegetarian, I then decided that the dinner would only work if it represented all facets of a culture shaped by fish and meat.

#PTARMIGAN is affected by shorter winters and an unstable snow cover which cause a mismatch between its white winter plumage and a dark, snow-free landscape, making the birds more vulnerable to predators. Warming temperatures also lead to shrub expansion across tundra and moorland, reducing suitable habitat and altering food availability.

#BERRIES in northern and Arctic regions (such as cloudberry, lingonberry, bilberry/blueberry, and crowberry) are also strongly threatened by climate change: The main threat is not warming alone, but disrupted seasons, disrupted flowering and pollination. Disrupted snow conditions, insects, and ecosystem shifts.

TRUMPET CHANTARELLES is not disappearing outright, but climate-driven instability is turning a once reliable late-autumn mushroom into an increasingly uncertain presence, a marker of a northern forest losing climatic consistency. We served BLUEBERRY wine with and without alcohol with this dish.

[I was an artist in residence at #Ricklundgården in #Saxnäs, #Sweden for the last weeks and created a conceptual meal ("Arctic Meal") in cooperation with the local chef Jonathan Johansson illustrating the impacts of the climate crisis on northern Sweden and the #Arctic].

#art #conceptualart #jonathanjohansson #climatecrisis #arcticmeal

A delicately plated graved ptarmigan tartare served on a clear, ice-textured glass plate, topped with microgreens and a thin beetroot chip. The dish is accompanied by a dollop of pale cream, mushrooms, berries, and a glossy blueberry reduction, set on a blue-and-white embroidered tablecloth.

#nature #drops #summer #berries #photography #photos #photo #dropshot

*Actaea rubra* (https://w.wiki/EJb5) berries are bright and beautiful, but I'm always nervous running with Lilo when they're in season. I've never caught her trying to eat any baneberries, but she does eat blackberries off the vine . . . 😬

#PNW #USA #WA #ThurstonCounty #CSF #Summer #Nature #Flora #Plants #Fruit #Berries #Trails #Trees #Forest #TrailRunning #Outdoors #Photography #MobilePhotography #Wikipedia

Close-up of a plant with clusters of glossy red berries and green serrated leaves in the foreground, with a narrow dirt trail and dense sunlit forest blurred in the background.

I think a Winterberry Holly surrounded by a few falling snow flakes

#photo #photography #berries #red #snow #winter #ithaca #cornell #bloomscrolling #plants

Perfectly focus red berries just a little bit right of center with an arc of berries too close to be focused below it and a sprig in the upper left with a few snowflakes captured mid fall with a blurred out brick wall in the far distance.

#winter #nature #wintertime #winterphotography #berries

Wintry, Festive Holly Berries covered in freshly fallen snow.

Cards, Prints : https://ez-lorenz.pixels.com/featured/wintry-festive-holly-berries-ez-lorenz.html

#Washington #PNW #Winter #Snow #Festive #HollyBerries #Berries #Red #Photography #ArtForSale #ArtShop #WallArt #Prints #ArtPrints #GreetingCards #Puzzle #Gifts #Giftideas #FediArt #FediGiftShop #Nature #NatureLover #January #PhotoOfTheDay

Holly branches with glossy green leaves and vibrant red berries are dusted with a thick layer of fresh, fluffy snow, conveying a wintry, festive feel.

That time of year when the vivid red of *Sambucus racemosa* (https://w.wiki/EPMV) berries is almost unbelievable ♥️

#PNW #USA #WA #ThurstonCounty #CSF #Summer #Nature #Flora #Plants #Fruit #Berries #TrailRunning #Outdoors #Photography #MobilePhotography #Wikipedia

Clusters of bright red berries hanging from thin stems among green leaves, with dense fern fronds filling the blurred forest background.

Cluster of bright red berries hanging from thin dark stems beneath green leaves, photographed close up with a blurred forest background and ferns below.

What kind of strawberry 🍓 is this?
#nature #photography #plants #conifer #macro #berries

Asexual yam species employs mimicry to trick birds https://phys.org/news/2026-01-asexual-yam-species-employs-mimicry.html

Berry Batesian mimicry enables bird dispersal of asexual bulbils in a yam https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2528094123

"Asexual #plants lost the ability to produce seeds and must find alternative ways to reproduce... D. melanophyma evolved to form black, glossy bulbils (bulblike structures capable of forming a new plant) that mimic local #berries. This appearance tricks #birds into eating the bulbils, later dropping them in a new location"

Photo of plant structures from two different species next to each other. D. melanophylla bulbils (left) alongside true berries of Phytolacca acinosa (right). Both the bulbils and berries look like black flattened spheres.

So pretty! Does anyone know what this is?

#plant #plants #green #leaves #red #berries #plante #plantes #verte #feuilles #rouge #baies #nature

Honestly, I've just seen so many macro shots like this that I wanted to give it a go. I passed the right spot today and so here it is.

#macro #berries #macrophotography #red #nature

Guelph researchers aim to grow local berries year-round: Jasmine Mangalaseril
There may be snow on the ground, but a group of local researchers are competing against three other Canadian teams to bring us fresh, locally grown berries all year round. CBC K-W's food columnist Jasmine Mangalaseri...
#research #berries #yearround #Guelph #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/strawberries-affordable-year-round-harvest-youbin-zheng-homegrown-innovation-challenge-9.7022747?cmp=rss

#Hawthorn #Berries
I like the pretty lobed #Leaves and the berries adding a pop of #Color.
#Photography

Just some random things I saw along my walk the other day.

#Photography #FujiFilmXT5 #XT5 #Berries #Woods #Nature #NaturePhotography #VirginiaBeach

These turned out alright, but I can't wait to try out focus bracketing next time.