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During his studies, Joskowitz first worked as a waiter, then came to cooking through detours (more precisely: through jobs in a bakery and cake factory) - and finally founded his own catering service. “I've always had a passion for good food. At some point I realized that if you want to eat well, you also have to be able to cook well – at least if you don’t have enough money to eat out in a restaurant every day,” he recalls.gartenlehrer He made a name for himself with original series of events at the interface between philosophy and cuisine. Under the title "Philosophically Dining" he discussed nutritional issues with his guests at places such as the Museum of Applied Art. For his "Culinary Festival" he brought chefs from the respective guest countries to the supporting program of the book fair. Since last year I've been completely out of the cooking and catering history," says Joskowitz. He was faced with the question of whether he should continue to expand his company and only work as managing director. "But then I wouldn't have had time for my many other projects." Joskowitz decided against it. He talks about one of his last appearances as a chef - an art performance entitled "DMZ-Risotto", which he has performed several times, most recently in 2019 at the Atelier Frankfurt. “The main ingredient is black rice, which grows in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. A friend brought it for me from there.” Transforming grain, which is part of a border landscape separating two warring states, into something that creates community: that's an action that Joskowitz really likes. "There is a great deal of curiosity in me, which is directed towards a wide variety of things," he admits. Joskowitz now teaches ethics at the Rackow School in Frankfurt, works as a garden teacher in the school garden of the Nutrition Council in Ostpark and produces podcasts on socially relevant topics. He is currently accompanying a six-part series of events at the Schauspiel Frankfurt with a podcast under the motto "Anti-Semitism and Racism". Joskowitz comes from a Jewish family. He himself has never been directly affected by anti-Semitism, he says. "But that's probably also due to the fact that I'm not recognizable as a Jew on the street."