Friday, July 27, 2012

Myoga - Culinary Biomimicary for Designers, Cooks and Gardeners


Myoga by Cecilia.  July 22nd, 2012


For a heavenly mid-summer culinary experience, slice the buds of the myoga plant, and use as a fragrant garnish on tofu, with some bonito-flavored seasoning.

Myoga suimono soup, from CookTellsAStory 


For a captivating creative experience, gaze at its swirls, and go replicate them.

I'd love to come across a myoga-style....



Manhole, or


Wedding Hat, or



Gate.

A wicker chair, maze, security grille, or clockwork cogs would also look great, myoga style. 

The day I left Sydney, I dashed over to my creative friend Mario's place, with a scrawny piece of Myoga root, packages of Japanese seeds, for shiso, spring chrysanthemum, burdock.

Mario is an artist and gardener, with a Japanese wife, and the ability to make anything beautiful, to work out how to do anything.

These are the stairs that Mario made:




"I will plant this" he said.

Who knows what will have sprung up at Mario's place, by the time I return?






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