Our next menu is shaped by tides and movement

Our next meal will take place on Sunday May 24
Hosted at Studio Lazcano, with artists in residence Amanda Lydert and Frederik Nystrup-Larsen.

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Treasured storytelling often begins long before guests arrive at the table. It lives in habits, cravings, gestures, and the landscapes that shape the way we nourish ourselves.

At The Running Horse, we are interested in how food can reveal the artistic process and personal journey behind a practice. Through conversation, observation, and shared meals, our menus trace sensibilities and ways of living. While food is a marker of memory and place, it also reveals how artists care for themselves, gather with others, and remain connected to the living world around them.

Amanda Lydert, Frederik Nystrup-Larsen and their child.

In speaking with Copenhagen-based artists Amanda Lydert and Frederik Nystrup-Larsen, the word “practical” surfaced repeatedly. It carried a distinctly Nordic and minimalist heritage: moving swiftly, avoiding overcomplication, and finding beauty in simple, authentic things. Both are conscious eaters, drawn to freshness, provenance, comfort, and foods that restore clarity and presence. Bread and butter, rye, lentils, greens, mineral broths, and the freshness of mariscos discovered in Mexico City all entered the conversation naturally. While they eat simply in daily life, both also spoke warmly of cooking for others, particularly Middle Eastern and Japanese dishes rooted in generosity and sharing.

Together, their process feels tidal: shaped by movement, travel, family rhythms, and artistic exchange. Amanda grounds and conceptualises, while Frederik responds with immediacy and momentum, creating a balance between reflection and tangibility, where ideas continuously return to gesture, material, and making. Their work carries the contemplation of nature while remaining open and responsive to what approaches next.

For this gathering, our menu will explore saline and vegetal notes, mineral depth, vivid herbs, soft warmth, charred edges, and reviving crunches, balancing Nordic restraint with the generosity of a Mexican table. A conscious menu shaped by shoreline air, seasonal produce, and the pleasure of gathering closely around artists and their worlds.

Amanda Lydert and Frederik Nystrup-Larsen in residence at Studio Lazcano, May 2026.

Join us at our next table, at Studio Lazcano in San Angel to meet the artists around the table.