Former homeless people, students of all nations who wait tables or work in the kitchen, volunteers who provide hands-on support, young and old guests – a community full of life. That’s “mittendrin”, the VinziRast restaurant in Vienna.
Aleksandra Pawloff, photographer and a VinziRast volunteer from day one, portrays the lively diversity of the people who find a job at “mittendrin”. Persian chef Shahab Jahanbekloo combines well-known classics with ingredients from across the globe to create unique dishes: He finishes off Austrian lentils with Brazilian lime, spices up Styrian sheep cheese dumplings with Asian cilantro and uses Moroccan date syrup to add a certain twist to his version of Cannelloni. Vegetarian, vegan, Persian, Indian and Austrian dishes blend to create something completely new. Alongside the recipes, the book also features the life stories of many of the people working at “mittendrin”.
This publication is available at ERSTE Foundation Library.
