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AMOA director Dana Friis-Hansen: What’s in Your Fridge Friday?

By Addie Broyles | Friday, November 14, 2008, 07:00 AM

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If Dana Friis-Hansen, the executive director and curator of the Austin Museum of Art, and his partner Mark Holzbach, co-founder of Zebra Imaging, Inc., are feeling sinful, they head straight for a brownie from fellow Austinite Mary Louise Butters or a Sticky Toffee Pudding.

Dana and Mark are foodies with a deep interest in local foods. In their fridge, you’ll see evidence of trips to the downtown farmers’ market with food from Aster’s Ethiopian Catering and Thai Fresh and Rio’s sauces. Just last night, their book club met to discuss Michael Pollan’s “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” so they celebrated with fish and shrimp from Roberto San Miguel’s seafood company and dishes made with local arugula, peppers and radishes.

Friis-Hansen, who has been the AMOA’s executive director since 2002, must relish in the dining aspect of the museum’s newest exhibit, “The Texas Chair Project,” which is opening this weekend. It is a result of Austin artist Damian Priour’s experiment two years ago in which he sent 100 limestone-and-glass chairs to fellow artists and requested that they send him a chair of their own in return. The exhibit will be open through February at the downtown location, 823 Congress Ave.

What three things are always in your fridge? Garlic, champagne, three kinds of mustard, cowboy burgers, low sodium v-8, olives, cheeses, arugula, something from Soup Peddler, something from Farmer’s market vendors… ok, that’s more than three.

What is your favorite condiment? Wasabi mustard … We lived in Tokyo for five years, so this is a great mix of East and West…

What meal have you eaten that’s worthy of a museum still life? There are many great still lives in art history, but I am lucky to be friends with a truly multi-media artist, Doug Fitch, who creates food extravaganzas and events under the rubric “Orphic Feast”. Last Thanksgiving a group of friends, including Doug, celebrated a wonderful weekend in Marfa at the home of artist Charles Mary Kubricht, it was a collage of flavors and colors!!!

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By Karen

November 14, 2008 7:00 PM | Link to this

I think it says more about me…but that is ONE neat fridge!

By rae

November 15, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this

wasabi mustard? never heard of it, but now i must have!

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