20/03/2026
There’s something slightly surreal about spending two days at the the NGO promoting women’s voices in gastronomy in Barcelona, a kind of brainy tapas crawl where every 30 minutes you’re handed a new idea or a new woman/man to admire.
This year’s theme, Roots & Roads was well aligned with the speakers and workshops.
There was showcasing her farm-to-table two star family restaurant in Olot, and Rebecca Ingram calmly dismantling the idea that cookbooks are neutral objects, turns out they’ve been quietly erasing Spanish women for centuries.
Congratulations to .alicedelcourt for receiving the Parabere Care Award, a reminder that caring about sustainability, and about people is, apparently, still radical.
In between the talks, there was the equally important work meeting new friends and hanging out with the big Irish “delegation”. Special mention to .takemeout for the photos!
One of my favorite moments? Meeting the Gastrosavies the woman busy safeguarding actual Catalan food culture.
The University delivered full historic grandeur and showcased traditional dishes that didn’t try to reinvent anything but were truly elegant.
Finally a dreamy olive oil tasting workshop with featuring wild Empordà flowers.
I left with a notebook full of ideas, a head full of questions, and the nagging thought that there are interesting stories in food that we’re not telling yet.
Thanks to Parabere Forum for the invitation, the organization and for being the custodians of the representation of women in food.
