Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Conflict Kitchen is a take-out restaurant in Pittsburgh that serves only ethnic foods from states with which the United States is in conflict (i.e. members of the "axis of evil" or rogue states). The restaurant only serves food from one nation at a time, changing every six months; the changeover is celebrated with a small festival and music from the new nation. Currently the cuisine of Afghanistan is on the menu. Since the opening in 2010, the cuisine of Iran, Afghanistan, Venezuela and Cuba have also been featured. In May 2012, it was reported that on a good day, the restaurant would serve between 30 to 50 customers. By 2013, it was serving 100 to 300 daily at the Schenley Plaza location. The project was described by NPR as "an experimental public art project — and the medium is the sandwich wrap."Conflict Kitchen is a project by Carnegie Mellon University art professor Jon Rubin and Dawn Weleski. The kitchen is supported by profits from the sale of food, Waffle Shop: A Reality Show, the Benter Foundation, the Center for the Arts in Society, and the Studio for Creative Inquiry. The early stage was supported with a $7,000 seed grant from the Pittsburgh-based Sprout Fund. Each re-design is assisted by members of the local ethnic community in Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.According to Rubin, "Conflict Kitchen reformats the preexisting social relations of food and economic exchange to engage the general public in discussions about countries, cultures and people that they might know little about outside of the polarizing rhetoric of U.S. politics and the narrow lens of media headlines."The kitchen was featured on the cover of the September 2012 issue of American Journal of Public Health focused on "Hunger and Health."The first iteration, Iranian cuisine, was called "Kubideh Kitchen" and featured kubideh; during the Afghan phase, the restaurant was called "Bolani Pazi" and served bolani; the Venezuelan cuisine version was titled "La Cocina Arepas" and served arepas; the Cuban cuisine phase was called "Cocina Cuban" and served lechon asado and yuca con mojo. During a trip to Cuba for research, Rubin visited the North Korean embassy in Vedado. He rang the doorbell, unannounced, and was given helpful advice on North Korean cuisine from a diplomat who answered the door.The East Liberty location was closed in 2012, with plans to turn the restaurant into a sit down eatery in Downtown Pittsburgh. The move and expansion is supported by a $25,000 Root Award from the Sprout Fund.In April 2013, a new location opened in Schenley Plaza. The first menu was Iranian, in honor of the June 2013 Iranian presidential election.. }
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- Conflict_Kitchen abstract "Conflict Kitchen is a take-out restaurant in Pittsburgh that serves only ethnic foods from states with which the United States is in conflict (i.e. members of the "axis of evil" or rogue states). The restaurant only serves food from one nation at a time, changing every six months; the changeover is celebrated with a small festival and music from the new nation. Currently the cuisine of Afghanistan is on the menu. Since the opening in 2010, the cuisine of Iran, Afghanistan, Venezuela and Cuba have also been featured. In May 2012, it was reported that on a good day, the restaurant would serve between 30 to 50 customers. By 2013, it was serving 100 to 300 daily at the Schenley Plaza location. The project was described by NPR as "an experimental public art project — and the medium is the sandwich wrap."Conflict Kitchen is a project by Carnegie Mellon University art professor Jon Rubin and Dawn Weleski. The kitchen is supported by profits from the sale of food, Waffle Shop: A Reality Show, the Benter Foundation, the Center for the Arts in Society, and the Studio for Creative Inquiry. The early stage was supported with a $7,000 seed grant from the Pittsburgh-based Sprout Fund. Each re-design is assisted by members of the local ethnic community in Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.According to Rubin, "Conflict Kitchen reformats the preexisting social relations of food and economic exchange to engage the general public in discussions about countries, cultures and people that they might know little about outside of the polarizing rhetoric of U.S. politics and the narrow lens of media headlines."The kitchen was featured on the cover of the September 2012 issue of American Journal of Public Health focused on "Hunger and Health."The first iteration, Iranian cuisine, was called "Kubideh Kitchen" and featured kubideh; during the Afghan phase, the restaurant was called "Bolani Pazi" and served bolani; the Venezuelan cuisine version was titled "La Cocina Arepas" and served arepas; the Cuban cuisine phase was called "Cocina Cuban" and served lechon asado and yuca con mojo. During a trip to Cuba for research, Rubin visited the North Korean embassy in Vedado. He rang the doorbell, unannounced, and was given helpful advice on North Korean cuisine from a diplomat who answered the door.The East Liberty location was closed in 2012, with plans to turn the restaurant into a sit down eatery in Downtown Pittsburgh. The move and expansion is supported by a $25,000 Root Award from the Sprout Fund.In April 2013, a new location opened in Schenley Plaza. The first menu was Iranian, in honor of the June 2013 Iranian presidential election.".