Mazí Mas, “with us”: a pop-up restaurant that honors the unsung cooks
Women have played a seminal role in keeping food cultures all over the world alive.
pop-up restaurants
Start Your Own Restaurant on May 18
The underground gourmet is an old tradition. From lemonade stands to supper clubs and modern blind pigs, people love to play restaurant. Now a new tradition, started in 2011 in Helsinki, is bringing together hundreds of make-believe restaurateurs into a worldwide celebration of this alternative economy: Restaurant Day, “a worldwide food carnival when anyone can open a restaurant.”