Source: Kubideh Kitchen

Conflict Kitchen is a take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries that the United States is in conflict with.

Welcome to Conflict Kitchen’s first iteration, Kubideh Kitchen. Conflict Kitchen is a take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries that the United States is in conflict with. The food is served out of a take-out style storefront, which will rotate identities every 4 months to highlight another country.  Each Conflict Kitchen iteration will be augmented by events, performances, and discussion about the the culture, politics, and issues at stake with each county we focus on.

Kubideh Kitchen is an Iranian take-out restaurant that serves kubideh in freshly baked barbari bread with onion, mint, and basil. Developed in collaboration with members of the Pittsburgh Iranian community, the sandwich is packaged in a custom-designed wrapper that includes interviews with Iranians both in Pittsburgh and Iran on subjects ranging from Iranian food and poetry to the current political turmoil.

Conflict Kitchen is a project by John Peña, Jon Rubin, and Dawn Weleski and is funded by the Sprout Fund, Waffle Shop, and the Center for the Arts in Society. Graphic design by Brett Yasko. Architectural design by Pablo Garcia of POiNT. Special thanks to Illah Nourbakhsh, Marti Louw, Harrison Apple, Sara Faradji, and Courtney Wittekind, and all of those from the Iranian community who supplied us with their opinions and perceptions.

Facade Design

Event: July 10th, The Tehran/Pittsburgh YouTube Mix.

Where: The Waffle Shop, 124 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh (next door to the Kubideh Kitchen)
When: 11.30a, Saturday, July 10

Conflict Kitchen (Pittsburgh) and Sazmanab Project (Tehran) will present a live screening of videos curated directly from Youtube posts shot both in Tehran and Pittsburgh.  This back and forth format will utilize the vast and idiosyncratic resources of YouTube to present first-person video accounts that reflect on the daily life of each city. The forty-minute screening will be followed by a live Skype conversation between attendees in Pittsburgh and Tehran. Waffles and our homemade kubideh sandwiches will be available for purchase.

This event was originally developed by Sohrab Kashani and Jon Rubin for Red76 and “The YouTube School for Social Politics”.

Live Skype Meal Between Pittsburgh and Tehran

When: Saturday, June 5, 10:00am Pittsburgh, USA 6:30pm Tehran, IRAN
Where: The Waffle Shop, Pittsburgh/ Sazmanab Project, Tehran

The Conflict Kitchen held its first public event, a meal held simultaneously in Pittsburgh and Tehran, where diners in both cities sat around long tables that were joined via webcam: an international dinner party. Each city prepared the same exact recipes and shared food and conversation. The event was free and open to the public.

The joint menu included:

- Tah Dig with Yogurt and Saffron, “bottom of the pot rice”
- Khoresht Fesenjan, chicken stew with pomegranate and walnuts
- Kebab-e Barg, lamb kebabs
- Khoresht Ghormeh Sabzi, beef stew with greens and dried lime
- Barbari Bread, freshly baked with black sesame seeds
- Doogh, a yogurt and mint drink

Kubideh Kitchen Food Wrapper

Graphic design by Brett Yasko. The text on this wrapper is culled from interviews with Iranians both in Pittsburgh and Iran.

Our Homemade Dish

Conflict Kitchen Events Will be Held at The Waffle Shop

Public events, performances, and discussions about Iranian culture and conflict will be held at The Waffle Shop, 124 S. Highland Avenue, adjacent to Conflict Kitchen. Conflict Kitchen operates out of the Waffle Shop’s kitchen door and is an extension of the Waffle Shop’s unique programming. Each Conflict Kitchen iteration will be augmented by events, talks, and discussion groups about the culture, politics, and issues at stake with each county we focus on.

The Waffle Shop is a neighborhood restaurant that produces and broadcasts a live-streaming talk show with its customers, operates a changeable storytelling billboard on its roof, and runs a take-out window that sells food from countries engaged in conflict with the U.S. The shop is a public lab that brings together people from all walks of life to engage in dialogue, experimentation and the co-production of culture. The project functions as a classroom for students from Carnegie Mellon University, an eatery, a TV production studio, a social catalyst, and a business. Our customers are our funders, audience, and participants as we film during open hours, inviting interested patrons to express their unique opinions and personalities.

Hours and Location

KUBIDEH KITCHEN is open everyday from 11am-2pm and on Friday and Saturday nights from 11pm-3am

We are located next to the Waffle Shop on the corner of Highland and Baum, in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood.

Supporters

This project is supported by our generous customers, the Waffle Shop, the Sprout Fund, We Do Property, the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University, and the Center for the Arts in Society.

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CONTACT US/Press Inquiries

For questions about Conflict Kitchen feel free to CONTACT US

Press Inquiries can call Jon Rubin @ 510-912-2221

Conflict Kitchen is located at 124 s. Highland Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania