What Mexico is teaching me about gathering
The Running Horse explores the table as a sense of place, as we navigate artist studios around the world.
Provenance of produce is a living thread through our menus, guiding us through a land, the seasons, and toward the rituals and gestures that belong to the people who shape it.
During our stay in Mexico, eating with our hands is one of the most grounding, connective and instinctive way to be at the table, and with each other - I'm also very proud to say that i'm gradually mastering eating my tacos with panache, sans staining!
The stream of inspiration, coupled with each artist’s journey, unfolds as an intimate translation between worlds. Sarah Philouze’s moulded botanical forms inspire the texture of a dish, while conversations with Amanda Lydert and Frederik Nystrup-Larsen shifted the rhythm of our menu. The artists’ memories carried across countries may also find their place at the table as engaging games shared between guests.
Through cooking, hosting, and gathering, I approach food as both craft and language. In Mexico, the table feels inseparable from daily life: food arrives to be shared, passed around, assembled by hand, and spoken over slowly. Together, these gestures create experiences that invite guests to slow down, observe closely, and share generously.
The Running Horse continues to travel through artists’ stories and creative spaces, bringing people together around meals that carry a sense of season, movement, and belonging. Around the table, stories travel easily, and I hope familiarity turns toward friendship, while cities reveal themselves through the caring memory of taste.
