She wants to ignite a diet revolution: “In Greenland we eat from nature”
Trout, freshly caught and cooked in seawater in a big pot over an open fire. When it’s ready, the content of the pot is poured straight onto the rocks on the beach. Children and adults gather around, and eat the fish with their fingers.
Aviaja Lyberth Hauptman smiles while she dreamily describes her favorite food.
The 33-year-old microbiologist was born and raised in Greenland. Every summer her large family would go on hunting trips together, where evenings were spent eating dinner outdoors. “It didn’t matter if it rained or was cold,” Hauptmann recalls. “Sitting there on the beach, sharing good food and good stories, always made you all warm inside.” As a child, she never reflected on the meaning of that menu, but today it’s become something of a professional obsession. “Greenland,” she says, ‘’is a place where we eat directly from nature.”