Cocina Colaboratorio: Migratory Table

Migratory Table: Making kitchen to transit worlds is a participatory space by Cocina Colaboratorio that understands the table and cooking as practices of situating oneself in the world.

In a global context marked by forced migration, hardened borders, the expansion of monoculture, and slow disasters that quietly transform bodies, landscapes, and food systems, the project activates a Migratory Table as a mobile, participatory kitchen moving between Tomaltepec (Oaxaca), Mexico City, and Los Angeles.

Through the intertwined gestures of naming, cooking, and remediating, workshop participants are invited to share food, memories, and absences: invoking ingredients that are no longer available; living yet undocumented (“un-inherited”) recipes; transformed territories; and the forms of resistance that emerge alongside these shifts.

Recipes and reflections generated during the exchange—culinary, symbolic, and affective—are documented and printed on-site, giving rise to a collective, migratory cookbook that evolves with each activation across cities and borders.

10:30 AM: Recipe Building Workshop
A participatory workshop for up to 40 participants led by Cocina Colaboratorio. Attendance is free, but capacity is limited. RSVP required.

12:30 PM: Public Talk and Community Cocktail
A public conversation with invited speakers from Cocina Colaboratorio, followed by a community celebration. RSVP required.

Migratory Table is produced by Active Cultures and LagoAlgo in Mexico City and will travel to Los Angeles, hosted by Active Cultures, in September 2026.