Some conflicts dissolve into thin air when people share a good meal together. And this happens not only in the comfort of one's home but also in refugee camps or protest sites. Wam Kat demonstrates how surprisingly simple it is to improve the world with a wooden spoon. His cookbook highlights the connection between cooking and politics. From his father's Dutch artist colony at the end of World War II, through the anti-nuclear movement of the 1980s, and the refugee camps of the Balkan War, to the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Wam Kat tells stories from a unique perspective: that of a chef who nourishes social movements at a high level, creating normalcy where states of emergency prevail. Pragmatic and independent, ironic and clever. 24 recipes and 24 stories from the life of Wam Kat, co-founder of the Dutch cooking collective Rampenplan.