What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) is a famous film story of pure heart, testing the bonds of family, friend- and relationships, and showing the importance of understanding the struggles in life. This blog series is a play on that, allowing HFHP members to share what has been eating their mind, body and soul.
The first couple of blogs will be from Marinke van Riet or in short MVR in her role as HFHP’s new Director, but if you have anything eating you, don’t hesitate, but ventilate. In this month’s blog MVR shares her take on what constitutes a Perfect Amuse-Bouche.
An Amuse-Bouche (or canape or small (and free!) appetiser) is the French term for a small dish served before your main meal starts. A more literal (and somewhat cheeky) translation is a mouth entertainer, in the sense that it is supposed to be titillating your senses and palate – making you hungry for more. It is often a piece of art – a balancing act between simplicity, tastes, beauty and cleverness.
In many ways my first month as Director of Healthy Food, Healthy Planet can be compared to a perfect Amuse-Bouche. Each conversation has been whetting my appetite for more – and was often a balancing act between simply active listening, asking basic questions and digesting new jargon such as plant-based super powers. I have talked to the many funders engaged in HFHP and a wide range of civil society groups and movements – from progressive farmers, health professionals, vegetarians/vegans, to climate change and/or animal welfare activists. The ‘tastes’ within HFHP are incredibly diverse, yet, having set up and led a grant facility on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion I only see strengths in that diversity. The differences should be our teacher as we bring to life and spice up the clever or rather co-created HFHP Strategic Framework, involving over 150 organisations in Europe. That is my key mandate for the first year – no small feat. .
While listening to all of you and reading even more, I have identified some key take-aways (healthy ones I hope):
In short, the whole needs to be bigger than the sum of its parts (or ingredients). And isn’t that the Perfect Amuse-Bouche?
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) is a famous film story of pure heart, testing the bonds of family, friend- and relationships, and showing the importance of understanding the struggles in life. This blog series is a play on that, allowing HFHP members to share what has been eating their mind, body and soul.
The first couple of blogs will be from Marinke van Riet or in short MVR in her role as HFHP’s new Director, but if you have anything eating you, don’t hesitate, but ventilate. In this month’s blog MVR shares her take on what constitutes a Perfect Amuse-Bouche.
An Amuse-Bouche (or canape or small (and free!) appetiser) is the French term for a small dish served before your main meal starts. A more literal (and somewhat cheeky) translation is a mouth entertainer, in the sense that it is supposed to be titillating your senses and palate – making you hungry for more. It is often a piece of art – a balancing act between simplicity, tastes, beauty and cleverness.
In many ways my first month as Director of Healthy Food, Healthy Planet can be compared to a perfect Amuse-Bouche. Each conversation has been whetting my appetite for more – and was often a balancing act between simply active listening, asking basic questions and digesting new jargon such as plant-based super powers. I have talked to the many funders engaged in HFHP and a wide range of civil society groups and movements – from progressive farmers, health professionals, vegetarians/vegans, to climate change and/or animal welfare activists. The ‘tastes’ within HFHP are incredibly diverse, yet, having set up and led a grant facility on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion I only see strengths in that diversity. The differences should be our teacher as we bring to life and spice up the clever or rather co-created HFHP Strategic Framework, involving over 150 organisations in Europe. That is my key mandate for the first year – no small feat. .
While listening to all of you and reading even more, I have identified some key take-aways (healthy ones I hope):
In short, the whole needs to be bigger than the sum of its parts (or ingredients). And isn’t that the Perfect Amuse-Bouche?
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) is a famous film story of pure heart, testing the bonds of family, friend- and relationships, and showing the importance of understanding the struggles in life. This blog series is a play on that, allowing HFHP members to share what has been eating their mind, body and soul.
The first couple of blogs will be from Marinke van Riet or in short MVR in her role as HFHP’s new Director, but if you have anything eating you, don’t hesitate, but ventilate. In this month’s blog MVR shares her take on what constitutes a Perfect Amuse-Bouche.
An Amuse-Bouche (or canape or small (and free!) appetiser) is the French term for a small dish served before your main meal starts. A more literal (and somewhat cheeky) translation is a mouth entertainer, in the sense that it is supposed to be titillating your senses and palate – making you hungry for more. It is often a piece of art – a balancing act between simplicity, tastes, beauty and cleverness.
In many ways my first month as Director of Healthy Food, Healthy Planet can be compared to a perfect Amuse-Bouche. Each conversation has been whetting my appetite for more – and was often a balancing act between simply active listening, asking basic questions and digesting new jargon such as plant-based super powers. I have talked to the many funders engaged in HFHP and a wide range of civil society groups and movements – from progressive farmers, health professionals, vegetarians/vegans, to climate change and/or animal welfare activists. The ‘tastes’ within HFHP are incredibly diverse, yet, having set up and led a grant facility on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion I only see strengths in that diversity. The differences should be our teacher as we bring to life and spice up the clever or rather co-created HFHP Strategic Framework, involving over 150 organisations in Europe. That is my key mandate for the first year – no small feat. .
While listening to all of you and reading even more, I have identified some key take-aways (healthy ones I hope):
In short, the whole needs to be bigger than the sum of its parts (or ingredients). And isn’t that the Perfect Amuse-Bouche?
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) is a famous film story of pure heart, testing the bonds of family, friend- and relationships, and showing the importance of understanding the struggles in life. This blog series is a play on that, allowing HFHP members to share what has been eating their mind, body and soul.
The first couple of blogs will be from Marinke van Riet or in short MVR in her role as HFHP’s new Director, but if you have anything eating you, don’t hesitate, but ventilate. In this month’s blog MVR shares her take on what constitutes a Perfect Amuse-Bouche.
An Amuse-Bouche (or canape or small (and free!) appetiser) is the French term for a small dish served before your main meal starts. A more literal (and somewhat cheeky) translation is a mouth entertainer, in the sense that it is supposed to be titillating your senses and palate – making you hungry for more. It is often a piece of art – a balancing act between simplicity, tastes, beauty and cleverness.
In many ways my first month as Director of Healthy Food, Healthy Planet can be compared to a perfect Amuse-Bouche. Each conversation has been whetting my appetite for more – and was often a balancing act between simply active listening, asking basic questions and digesting new jargon such as plant-based super powers. I have talked to the many funders engaged in HFHP and a wide range of civil society groups and movements – from progressive farmers, health professionals, vegetarians/vegans, to climate change and/or animal welfare activists. The ‘tastes’ within HFHP are incredibly diverse, yet, having set up and led a grant facility on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion I only see strengths in that diversity. The differences should be our teacher as we bring to life and spice up the clever or rather co-created HFHP Strategic Framework, involving over 150 organisations in Europe. That is my key mandate for the first year – no small feat. .
While listening to all of you and reading even more, I have identified some key take-aways (healthy ones I hope):
In short, the whole needs to be bigger than the sum of its parts (or ingredients). And isn’t that the Perfect Amuse-Bouche?
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) is a famous film story of pure heart, testing the bonds of family, friend- and relationships, and showing the importance of understanding the struggles in life. This blog series is a play on that, allowing HFHP members to share what has been eating their mind, body and soul.
The first couple of blogs will be from Marinke van Riet or in short MVR in her role as HFHP’s new Director, but if you have anything eating you, don’t hesitate, but ventilate. In this month’s blog MVR shares her take on what constitutes a Perfect Amuse-Bouche.
An Amuse-Bouche (or canape or small (and free!) appetiser) is the French term for a small dish served before your main meal starts. A more literal (and somewhat cheeky) translation is a mouth entertainer, in the sense that it is supposed to be titillating your senses and palate – making you hungry for more. It is often a piece of art – a balancing act between simplicity, tastes, beauty and cleverness.
In many ways my first month as Director of Healthy Food, Healthy Planet can be compared to a perfect Amuse-Bouche. Each conversation has been whetting my appetite for more – and was often a balancing act between simply active listening, asking basic questions and digesting new jargon such as plant-based super powers. I have talked to the many funders engaged in HFHP and a wide range of civil society groups and movements – from progressive farmers, health professionals, vegetarians/vegans, to climate change and/or animal welfare activists. The ‘tastes’ within HFHP are incredibly diverse, yet, having set up and led a grant facility on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion I only see strengths in that diversity. The differences should be our teacher as we bring to life and spice up the clever or rather co-created HFHP Strategic Framework, involving over 150 organisations in Europe. That is my key mandate for the first year – no small feat. .
While listening to all of you and reading even more, I have identified some key take-aways (healthy ones I hope):
In short, the whole needs to be bigger than the sum of its parts (or ingredients). And isn’t that the Perfect Amuse-Bouche?
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) is a famous film story of pure heart, testing the bonds of family, friend- and relationships, and showing the importance of understanding the struggles in life. This blog series is a play on that, allowing HFHP members to share what has been eating their mind, body and soul.
The first couple of blogs will be from Marinke van Riet or in short MVR in her role as HFHP’s new Director, but if you have anything eating you, don’t hesitate, but ventilate. In this month’s blog MVR shares her take on what constitutes a Perfect Amuse-Bouche.
An Amuse-Bouche (or canape or small (and free!) appetiser) is the French term for a small dish served before your main meal starts. A more literal (and somewhat cheeky) translation is a mouth entertainer, in the sense that it is supposed to be titillating your senses and palate – making you hungry for more. It is often a piece of art – a balancing act between simplicity, tastes, beauty and cleverness.
In many ways my first month as Director of Healthy Food, Healthy Planet can be compared to a perfect Amuse-Bouche. Each conversation has been whetting my appetite for more – and was often a balancing act between simply active listening, asking basic questions and digesting new jargon such as plant-based super powers. I have talked to the many funders engaged in HFHP and a wide range of civil society groups and movements – from progressive farmers, health professionals, vegetarians/vegans, to climate change and/or animal welfare activists. The ‘tastes’ within HFHP are incredibly diverse, yet, having set up and led a grant facility on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion I only see strengths in that diversity. The differences should be our teacher as we bring to life and spice up the clever or rather co-created HFHP Strategic Framework, involving over 150 organisations in Europe. That is my key mandate for the first year – no small feat. .
While listening to all of you and reading even more, I have identified some key take-aways (healthy ones I hope):
In short, the whole needs to be bigger than the sum of its parts (or ingredients). And isn’t that the Perfect Amuse-Bouche?
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) is a famous film story of pure heart, testing the bonds of family, friend- and relationships, and showing the importance of understanding the struggles in life. This blog series is a play on that, allowing HFHP members to share what has been eating their mind, body and soul.
The first couple of blogs will be from Marinke van Riet or in short MVR in her role as HFHP’s new Director, but if you have anything eating you, don’t hesitate, but ventilate. In this month’s blog MVR shares her take on what constitutes a Perfect Amuse-Bouche.
An Amuse-Bouche (or canape or small (and free!) appetiser) is the French term for a small dish served before your main meal starts. A more literal (and somewhat cheeky) translation is a mouth entertainer, in the sense that it is supposed to be titillating your senses and palate – making you hungry for more. It is often a piece of art – a balancing act between simplicity, tastes, beauty and cleverness.
In many ways my first month as Director of Healthy Food, Healthy Planet can be compared to a perfect Amuse-Bouche. Each conversation has been whetting my appetite for more – and was often a balancing act between simply active listening, asking basic questions and digesting new jargon such as plant-based super powers. I have talked to the many funders engaged in HFHP and a wide range of civil society groups and movements – from progressive farmers, health professionals, vegetarians/vegans, to climate change and/or animal welfare activists. The ‘tastes’ within HFHP are incredibly diverse, yet, having set up and led a grant facility on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion I only see strengths in that diversity. The differences should be our teacher as we bring to life and spice up the clever or rather co-created HFHP Strategic Framework, involving over 150 organisations in Europe. That is my key mandate for the first year – no small feat. .
While listening to all of you and reading even more, I have identified some key take-aways (healthy ones I hope):
In short, the whole needs to be bigger than the sum of its parts (or ingredients). And isn’t that the Perfect Amuse-Bouche?
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) is a famous film story of pure heart, testing the bonds of family, friend- and relationships, and showing the importance of understanding the struggles in life. This blog series is a play on that, allowing HFHP members to share what has been eating their mind, body and soul.
The first couple of blogs will be from Marinke van Riet or in short MVR in her role as HFHP’s new Director, but if you have anything eating you, don’t hesitate, but ventilate. In this month’s blog MVR shares her take on what constitutes a Perfect Amuse-Bouche.
An Amuse-Bouche (or canape or small (and free!) appetiser) is the French term for a small dish served before your main meal starts. A more literal (and somewhat cheeky) translation is a mouth entertainer, in the sense that it is supposed to be titillating your senses and palate – making you hungry for more. It is often a piece of art – a balancing act between simplicity, tastes, beauty and cleverness.
In many ways my first month as Director of Healthy Food, Healthy Planet can be compared to a perfect Amuse-Bouche. Each conversation has been whetting my appetite for more – and was often a balancing act between simply active listening, asking basic questions and digesting new jargon such as plant-based super powers. I have talked to the many funders engaged in HFHP and a wide range of civil society groups and movements – from progressive farmers, health professionals, vegetarians/vegans, to climate change and/or animal welfare activists. The ‘tastes’ within HFHP are incredibly diverse, yet, having set up and led a grant facility on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion I only see strengths in that diversity. The differences should be our teacher as we bring to life and spice up the clever or rather co-created HFHP Strategic Framework, involving over 150 organisations in Europe. That is my key mandate for the first year – no small feat. .
While listening to all of you and reading even more, I have identified some key take-aways (healthy ones I hope):
In short, the whole needs to be bigger than the sum of its parts (or ingredients). And isn’t that the Perfect Amuse-Bouche?
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) is a famous film story of pure heart, testing the bonds of family, friend- and relationships, and showing the importance of understanding the struggles in life. This blog series is a play on that, allowing HFHP members to share what has been eating their mind, body and soul.
The first couple of blogs will be from Marinke van Riet or in short MVR in her role as HFHP’s new Director, but if you have anything eating you, don’t hesitate, but ventilate. In this month’s blog MVR shares her take on what constitutes a Perfect Amuse-Bouche.
An Amuse-Bouche (or canape or small (and free!) appetiser) is the French term for a small dish served before your main meal starts. A more literal (and somewhat cheeky) translation is a mouth entertainer, in the sense that it is supposed to be titillating your senses and palate – making you hungry for more. It is often a piece of art – a balancing act between simplicity, tastes, beauty and cleverness.
In many ways my first month as Director of Healthy Food, Healthy Planet can be compared to a perfect Amuse-Bouche. Each conversation has been whetting my appetite for more – and was often a balancing act between simply active listening, asking basic questions and digesting new jargon such as plant-based super powers. I have talked to the many funders engaged in HFHP and a wide range of civil society groups and movements – from progressive farmers, health professionals, vegetarians/vegans, to climate change and/or animal welfare activists. The ‘tastes’ within HFHP are incredibly diverse, yet, having set up and led a grant facility on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion I only see strengths in that diversity. The differences should be our teacher as we bring to life and spice up the clever or rather co-created HFHP Strategic Framework, involving over 150 organisations in Europe. That is my key mandate for the first year – no small feat. .
While listening to all of you and reading even more, I have identified some key take-aways (healthy ones I hope):
In short, the whole needs to be bigger than the sum of its parts (or ingredients). And isn’t that the Perfect Amuse-Bouche?
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) is a famous film story of pure heart, testing the bonds of family, friend- and relationships, and showing the importance of understanding the struggles in life. This blog series is a play on that, allowing HFHP members to share what has been eating their mind, body and soul.
The first couple of blogs will be from Marinke van Riet or in short MVR in her role as HFHP’s new Director, but if you have anything eating you, don’t hesitate, but ventilate. In this month’s blog MVR shares her take on what constitutes a Perfect Amuse-Bouche.
An Amuse-Bouche (or canape or small (and free!) appetiser) is the French term for a small dish served before your main meal starts. A more literal (and somewhat cheeky) translation is a mouth entertainer, in the sense that it is supposed to be titillating your senses and palate – making you hungry for more. It is often a piece of art – a balancing act between simplicity, tastes, beauty and cleverness.
In many ways my first month as Director of Healthy Food, Healthy Planet can be compared to a perfect Amuse-Bouche. Each conversation has been whetting my appetite for more – and was often a balancing act between simply active listening, asking basic questions and digesting new jargon such as plant-based super powers. I have talked to the many funders engaged in HFHP and a wide range of civil society groups and movements – from progressive farmers, health professionals, vegetarians/vegans, to climate change and/or animal welfare activists. The ‘tastes’ within HFHP are incredibly diverse, yet, having set up and led a grant facility on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion I only see strengths in that diversity. The differences should be our teacher as we bring to life and spice up the clever or rather co-created HFHP Strategic Framework, involving over 150 organisations in Europe. That is my key mandate for the first year – no small feat. .
While listening to all of you and reading even more, I have identified some key take-aways (healthy ones I hope):
In short, the whole needs to be bigger than the sum of its parts (or ingredients). And isn’t that the Perfect Amuse-Bouche?
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) is a famous film story of pure heart, testing the bonds of family, friend- and relationships, and showing the importance of understanding the struggles in life. This blog series is a play on that, allowing HFHP members to share what has been eating their mind, body and soul.
The first couple of blogs will be from Marinke van Riet or in short MVR in her role as HFHP’s new Director, but if you have anything eating you, don’t hesitate, but ventilate. In this month’s blog MVR shares her take on what constitutes a Perfect Amuse-Bouche.
An Amuse-Bouche (or canape or small (and free!) appetiser) is the French term for a small dish served before your main meal starts. A more literal (and somewhat cheeky) translation is a mouth entertainer, in the sense that it is supposed to be titillating your senses and palate – making you hungry for more. It is often a piece of art – a balancing act between simplicity, tastes, beauty and cleverness.
In many ways my first month as Director of Healthy Food, Healthy Planet can be compared to a perfect Amuse-Bouche. Each conversation has been whetting my appetite for more – and was often a balancing act between simply active listening, asking basic questions and digesting new jargon such as plant-based super powers. I have talked to the many funders engaged in HFHP and a wide range of civil society groups and movements – from progressive farmers, health professionals, vegetarians/vegans, to climate change and/or animal welfare activists. The ‘tastes’ within HFHP are incredibly diverse, yet, having set up and led a grant facility on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion I only see strengths in that diversity. The differences should be our teacher as we bring to life and spice up the clever or rather co-created HFHP Strategic Framework, involving over 150 organisations in Europe. That is my key mandate for the first year – no small feat. .
While listening to all of you and reading even more, I have identified some key take-aways (healthy ones I hope):
In short, the whole needs to be bigger than the sum of its parts (or ingredients). And isn’t that the Perfect Amuse-Bouche?
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) is a famous film story of pure heart, testing the bonds of family, friend- and relationships, and showing the importance of understanding the struggles in life. This blog series is a play on that, allowing HFHP members to share what has been eating their mind, body and soul.
The first couple of blogs will be from Marinke van Riet or in short MVR in her role as HFHP’s new Director, but if you have anything eating you, don’t hesitate, but ventilate. In this month’s blog MVR shares her take on what constitutes a Perfect Amuse-Bouche.
An Amuse-Bouche (or canape or small (and free!) appetiser) is the French term for a small dish served before your main meal starts. A more literal (and somewhat cheeky) translation is a mouth entertainer, in the sense that it is supposed to be titillating your senses and palate – making you hungry for more. It is often a piece of art – a balancing act between simplicity, tastes, beauty and cleverness.
In many ways my first month as Director of Healthy Food, Healthy Planet can be compared to a perfect Amuse-Bouche. Each conversation has been whetting my appetite for more – and was often a balancing act between simply active listening, asking basic questions and digesting new jargon such as plant-based super powers. I have talked to the many funders engaged in HFHP and a wide range of civil society groups and movements – from progressive farmers, health professionals, vegetarians/vegans, to climate change and/or animal welfare activists. The ‘tastes’ within HFHP are incredibly diverse, yet, having set up and led a grant facility on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion I only see strengths in that diversity. The differences should be our teacher as we bring to life and spice up the clever or rather co-created HFHP Strategic Framework, involving over 150 organisations in Europe. That is my key mandate for the first year – no small feat. .
While listening to all of you and reading even more, I have identified some key take-aways (healthy ones I hope):
In short, the whole needs to be bigger than the sum of its parts (or ingredients). And isn’t that the Perfect Amuse-Bouche?
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) is a famous film story of pure heart, testing the bonds of family, friend- and relationships, and showing the importance of understanding the struggles in life. This blog series is a play on that, allowing HFHP members to share what has been eating their mind, body and soul.
The first couple of blogs will be from Marinke van Riet or in short MVR in her role as HFHP’s new Director, but if you have anything eating you, don’t hesitate, but ventilate. In this month’s blog MVR shares her take on what constitutes a Perfect Amuse-Bouche.
An Amuse-Bouche (or canape or small (and free!) appetiser) is the French term for a small dish served before your main meal starts. A more literal (and somewhat cheeky) translation is a mouth entertainer, in the sense that it is supposed to be titillating your senses and palate – making you hungry for more. It is often a piece of art – a balancing act between simplicity, tastes, beauty and cleverness.
In many ways my first month as Director of Healthy Food, Healthy Planet can be compared to a perfect Amuse-Bouche. Each conversation has been whetting my appetite for more – and was often a balancing act between simply active listening, asking basic questions and digesting new jargon such as plant-based super powers. I have talked to the many funders engaged in HFHP and a wide range of civil society groups and movements – from progressive farmers, health professionals, vegetarians/vegans, to climate change and/or animal welfare activists. The ‘tastes’ within HFHP are incredibly diverse, yet, having set up and led a grant facility on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion I only see strengths in that diversity. The differences should be our teacher as we bring to life and spice up the clever or rather co-created HFHP Strategic Framework, involving over 150 organisations in Europe. That is my key mandate for the first year – no small feat. .
While listening to all of you and reading even more, I have identified some key take-aways (healthy ones I hope):
In short, the whole needs to be bigger than the sum of its parts (or ingredients). And isn’t that the Perfect Amuse-Bouche?
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) is a famous film story of pure heart, testing the bonds of family, friend- and relationships, and showing the importance of understanding the struggles in life. This blog series is a play on that, allowing HFHP members to share what has been eating their mind, body and soul.
The first couple of blogs will be from Marinke van Riet or in short MVR in her role as HFHP’s new Director, but if you have anything eating you, don’t hesitate, but ventilate. In this month’s blog MVR shares her take on what constitutes a Perfect Amuse-Bouche.
An Amuse-Bouche (or canape or small (and free!) appetiser) is the French term for a small dish served before your main meal starts. A more literal (and somewhat cheeky) translation is a mouth entertainer, in the sense that it is supposed to be titillating your senses and palate – making you hungry for more. It is often a piece of art – a balancing act between simplicity, tastes, beauty and cleverness.
In many ways my first month as Director of Healthy Food, Healthy Planet can be compared to a perfect Amuse-Bouche. Each conversation has been whetting my appetite for more – and was often a balancing act between simply active listening, asking basic questions and digesting new jargon such as plant-based super powers. I have talked to the many funders engaged in HFHP and a wide range of civil society groups and movements – from progressive farmers, health professionals, vegetarians/vegans, to climate change and/or animal welfare activists. The ‘tastes’ within HFHP are incredibly diverse, yet, having set up and led a grant facility on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion I only see strengths in that diversity. The differences should be our teacher as we bring to life and spice up the clever or rather co-created HFHP Strategic Framework, involving over 150 organisations in Europe. That is my key mandate for the first year – no small feat. .
While listening to all of you and reading even more, I have identified some key take-aways (healthy ones I hope):
In short, the whole needs to be bigger than the sum of its parts (or ingredients). And isn’t that the Perfect Amuse-Bouche?
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) is a famous film story of pure heart, testing the bonds of family, friend- and relationships, and showing the importance of understanding the struggles in life. This blog series is a play on that, allowing HFHP members to share what has been eating their mind, body and soul.
The first couple of blogs will be from Marinke van Riet or in short MVR in her role as HFHP’s new Director, but if you have anything eating you, don’t hesitate, but ventilate. In this month’s blog MVR shares her take on what constitutes a Perfect Amuse-Bouche.
An Amuse-Bouche (or canape or small (and free!) appetiser) is the French term for a small dish served before your main meal starts. A more literal (and somewhat cheeky) translation is a mouth entertainer, in the sense that it is supposed to be titillating your senses and palate – making you hungry for more. It is often a piece of art – a balancing act between simplicity, tastes, beauty and cleverness.
In many ways my first month as Director of Healthy Food, Healthy Planet can be compared to a perfect Amuse-Bouche. Each conversation has been whetting my appetite for more – and was often a balancing act between simply active listening, asking basic questions and digesting new jargon such as plant-based super powers. I have talked to the many funders engaged in HFHP and a wide range of civil society groups and movements – from progressive farmers, health professionals, vegetarians/vegans, to climate change and/or animal welfare activists. The ‘tastes’ within HFHP are incredibly diverse, yet, having set up and led a grant facility on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion I only see strengths in that diversity. The differences should be our teacher as we bring to life and spice up the clever or rather co-created HFHP Strategic Framework, involving over 150 organisations in Europe. That is my key mandate for the first year – no small feat. .
While listening to all of you and reading even more, I have identified some key take-aways (healthy ones I hope):
In short, the whole needs to be bigger than the sum of its parts (or ingredients). And isn’t that the Perfect Amuse-Bouche?