Upper Crust, Whose Taste Belongs?
How much does a Tosta Mista cost today? From being the low-cost street food to Lisbon “experience”, today the cost of a toast mirrors the city's gentrification patterns. An article on taste, lifestyle migration, and transnational gentrification in Lisbon.
Published October 14, 2026
A Technology of Staying
From kneading dough to sharing a meal, Andoni Munduate Dorronsoro shares how technology deals with embodied knowledge, gestures and social practices. Food Hack Lab lens is interested in how tools shape culture and how being together in a Sobremesa can become a form of making too.
Published October 8, 2026
The War Is Over. Good Manners Stole Our Dinner.
From longevity tourism to countercultural dinner rituals, Claudio Morelli explores how even our differences become standardised—and why the time we linger after a meal might still leave room for conflict, surprise and ways of being together that serve no purpose.
Published October 1, 2026
For Every Guest, Someone Stays Home
Who gets a seat at the table—and who keeps it standing? Drawing on life at Fix in Art, the author explores the exclusions behind cultural hospitality, the daily work of care, and what it takes to make a table truly shared.
Published October 1, 2026
People have always moved. Kitchens moves with them
From her family table in Turkey to shared tables in Portugal, Lisbon Art Weekend’s co-founder reflects on how food carries memories across borders—and how Sobremesa can bring different histories together through the time we make for one another.
Published October 1, 2026
My carbonara? It’s better with store-bought speck.
From lessons learned by eating food cooked by others to words left out of official conversations, Aishwarya Kumar, Sobremesa’s artistic director, explores the table as a place of learning and a space for differences and truth, even at the risk of being challenged.
Published October 1, 2026
Food for Thought
echoes residency shares their latest readings
Published October 1, 2026