BEHIND THE FOOD FUN , SERIOUS ISSUES from ‘ micro-dosing ’ of psychedelics for focus and creativity by Silicon Valley execs , to the
The team is consulting with NGOs like the Transnational Institute ( TNI ) on how the war on drugs affects peasant farmers from Peru to Laos ; with indigenous rights organisations concerned with loss of tribal herbal knowledge or its over-exploitation and appropriation , and respectable psychedelic research organisations .
The aim is to start a number of conversations , about : how we get ‘ high ’, with
boom in ayahuasca tourism and the correlating interest in indigenous tribal herbalism .
The High Cuisine project also dovetails with new scientific research that shows psychedelics have a promising role to play in treatments for conditions ranging from depression , OCD and ADHD , to trauma and coming to terms with mortality . what , and to what end ? What makes a plant “ a drug ” as opposed to an ingredient or a spice ? The role of herbs in our mental as well as physical wellbeing – a debate raging for thousands of years ,
In aiming to build ( commercial ) relationships between Western herb suppliers , indigenous growers and harvesters , and conscious consumers , High most recently expressed in the ‘ clean , healthy eating ’ and medicinal marihuana movements .
Cuisine aims to transcend mere trend and become a genuine movement .
The High Cuisine project aims to be an interesting , tasty addition to contemporary psychedelic trends ,
Cooking with psychoactive herbs is an imprecise art , not a science . Concentrations of active substances vary in plants by batch , dependent on the season , time of day and even phase of the moon in which they were harvested . Their effect also varies from person to person , depending on factors such as age , weight , genetic make-up and whether they are taking any prescription drugs .
While High Cuisine does research the science behind its substances , there is not actually much known about combining such herbs in single menus , and what is “ known ” invariably turns out to be underground myth , cut and pasted from site to site ,
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