An Artist’s Guide to Eating With Intention

Nutritious — electronic artist and Liquid Culture founder — moves between studios, stages, and long tables in equal measure. Between touring and sessions, he's always looking for spots where the food is made with intention — real ingredients, family-run kitchens, places where you can taste the love. The ones where someone's grandmother's recipe is still on the menu, or the owner’s behind the stove, or the pasta’s rolled that morning because that’s just how it’s done.

In this guide, Nutritious shares his favourite handcrafted eats across five cities he keeps coming back to — and what to do nearby once you’ve munched.

Soundtrack tip: Listen to Nutritious’s Freefall EP while reading — the EP’s theme is love, passion, and faith. The perfect score for a long table and a slow meal.

New York Food Guide — Late Nights & Long Tables

Lil' Frankie's is my go-to in the East Village. Fresh pasta made daily, wood-fired pizza, coal-roasted eggplant, and nobody’s trying to reinvent anything — they’re just doing it perfectly. Simple ingredients, no shortcuts. You can taste it.

The block itself is a world: East Village Radio is right next door, DJs piped into the restaurant. Ergot Records is around the corner for great vinyl. You eat, you dig, you listen. That’s a perfect day or night, especially with Lil' Frankie's keeping the vibes going late. The place is a thrill.

When I need to reset, I head upstate along the Hudson River to Moreish. British comfort food done with real care, surrounded by nature, forests, and waterfalls. The kind of place where the meal slows you down and the setting does the rest. Worth every mile.

Los Angeles Food Guide — Farm-to-Table, For Real

AOC is one of those restaurants where you can see the sourcing in every dish. Mediterranean-inspired, seasonal, and they pull from farms like Weiser Family Farms — a multi-generational family operation growing heirloom potatoes, decadent melons, and specialty produce in California farmland for decades. When a restaurant builds its menu around farms like that, you're eating something with a story.

If you're around on the right night, Peppermint Club is nearby — it’s where Liquid Culture artists like Dylan Meek perform truly special events, like our album release shows. Eat at AOC with great friends, enjoy a set, then dip into deeper LA for warehouse parties and a weekend worth of fun.

Barcelona Food Guide — Galician Seafood & Morning Markets

Botafumeiro is legendary — since 1975, Galician seafood flown in daily. Moncho Neira built it on one principle: the best product, prepared simply. The shellfish, the percebes, the pulpo — straight from the Atlantic, minimal intervention. That’s craft.

For something more raw, Mercat de Santa Caterina is one of Barcelona’s great covered markets. You walk through and eat what’s fresh — seasonal fruit, cured meats, seafood straight from the stalls. No packaging, no processing, just ingredients.

Bonus: The Edition Hotel rooftop is right next door — a great DJ hang with one of the best views in the city. A good spot to end the night after a day of art and culture.

Ibiza Food Guide — Slow Food & Sacred Ground

La Paloma is the one. A farmhouse restaurant in San Lorenzo — outdoor garden seating, Italian-Mediterranean food, everything made with love. The menu changes based on what’s growing. Seasonal, handmade, no pretense. The setting alone resets your nervous system.

Nearby, Juntos Farm is doing something special — regenerative farming and plant medicine education. The sourcing is intentional, the community is real, and the conversation goes beyond the plate. If you’re in Ibiza and you care about this, Juntos is a must.

The nightlife thereafter? No need for words (except: use WhatsApp).

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Miami Food Guide — Wynwood Eats & Vinyl Culture

Miami’s been a home to me. With all the focus on South Beach, let’s dip into the heart of it.

Love Life Cafe in Wynwood is plant-based, locally owned, and everything is made in-house. No shortcuts — just honest food. The kind of place that does the simple stuff right.

Next door is Dante’s HiFi — Miami’s first vinyl listening bar, inspired by Japanese jazz kissa culture, tucked behind a black door with no sign. Rich Medina’s 8,000+ record collection powers the room. Snack at Love Life, walk into a candlelit lounge, and hear something you’ve never heard before. A Wynwood night done right.

Pastis is also in Wynwood — the legendary Parisian brasserie that’s anchored the Meatpacking District in New York for nearly 30 years. If there’s a Pastis around, that’s my fallback. Reliable French bistro food — chicken paillard, oysters, tartare. Not precious, just proper. Sometimes that’s the move.

Explore Wynwood Walls — one of the best outdoor street art collections anywhere. Take a quick dip downtown to T-Bag Records — Miami’s dance music specialists, the type of place Juan Atkins rolls through. Ring the silver buzzer.

Keep heading north. Mad Radio on Biscayne is a café by day, a proper sweatbox by night, right on the water. Then on to Zey Zey in Little Haiti — a disco, a stage, plus food carts and programming that runs from live bands to all-night DJ sets. One of the best cultural venues to hit Miami in years.

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