AUFGEGESSEN!

Each of us throws away 75kg of food every year. AUFGEGESSEN! is the first book to visualise this incredible waste of food. Dieter Bornemann uses impressive photos to show the waste of food in private households in Austria. Isolde Bornemann provides the facts and offers solutions for reducing the culinary mountain of waste.

Isolde Bornemann
Dieter Bornemann

29,7 × 21 cm
144 pages
110 photos
German
Hardcover
ISBN 978-3-903462-14-4
May 2025

€ 39.90
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Authors

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    Dieter Bornemann

    Dieter Bornemann is a TV journalist and photographer. In his pictures, he deals with socially relevant topics - from the [...] more

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    Isolde „Isi“ Bornemann

    Isolde ‘Isi’ Bornemann is a food blogger, podcaster and expert on sustainable enjoyment. She runs the food blog ‘Küchenfreundin’ and [...] more

Awards

  • Shortlist 31st GOURMAND AWARDS FOOD CULTURE

Details

We throw away what we don’t need – clothes, technology and even food. 40 per cent of all food produced worldwide is wasted. In an experiment, 11 families spent four weeks writing down what they throw away. They talk about their experiences and findings.

Dieter Bornemann has photographed the families and their food consumption, recipes and empty plates. Isolde Bornemann conducted the interviews, provides 60 tips on buying and storing food and 30 delicious recipes that will make you want to use up all your shopping. So that everything will be eaten in future!

EXHIBITION

“DIETER & ISOLDE BORNEMANN – AUFGEGESSEN! LEBENSMITTEL VERWENDEN STATT VERSCHWENDEN”
Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo, 13 June – 12 October 2025

Following the exhibition of the AUFGEGESSEN! project at Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo, Europe’s largest open-air photography festival, held in Baden near Vienna from June to October 2025, the following events are scheduled for 2026:

Further exhibitions and book presentations:

11 April 2026 – 3 May 2026 – Exhibition Schloss Weinberg/OÖ

15 May 2026 – 31 October 2026 – Opening, 15 May, 5.00 pm  Open-air exhibition „Aufgegessen!“ in the permaculture garden at the Strandhotel Weissensee Kärnten

30 May 2026 – 28 June 2026 – Exhibition & book presentation Schloss Zell an der Pram/OÖ

8 July 2026 – 25 August 2026 – Exhibition & book presentation at the Austrian Kulturforum Bratislava

31 August 2026 – 11 September 2026 – Exhibition & book presentation Bildungshaus Schloss St. Martin/Graz

25 September 2026 – 16 October 2026 – Exhibition & book presentation Bildungshaus Schloss Krastowitz/Klagenfurt

Reviews

Talkshow "Stöckl" open_in_new

Food bloggers Isolde Bornemann and Dieter Bornemann appear as guests on ORF's night-time talk show ‘Stöckl’ on 4 September 2025.

KURIER freizeit open_in_new

MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
Give it a go. Not every good idea will save the planet, but it's still worth a try.

Die Presse open_in_new

THERE`S NO SUCH THING AS A HOUSEHOLD THAT DOESN`T THROW ANYTHING AWAY
‘I'd be lying if I said it wasn't an issue for us,’ says Isolde Bornemann. ‘Sometimes a lemon or an onion ends up in the bin: that happens to me too.'

Krone Bunt open_in_new

Every person in Austria throws away an average of 75 kilograms of food every year. But why? For their book ‘Aufgegessen!’, Dieter and Isolde Bornemann started a four-week experiment with eleven families...

fotointern.ch open_in_new

A book about food photography? Actually, it's about something completely different: Isolde and Dieter Bornemann want to show in an experiment with eleven families how to successfully combat food waste - with lots of simple tips and delicious recipes for utilising leftovers.

Falstaff open_in_new

WHY BUY? ‘Food waste’ has many faces here - and the quantities of food are thought-provoking. This is intelligent activism between the covers!

Description

We throw away what we don’t need – clothes, technology and even food. 40 per cent of all food produced worldwide is wasted. In an experiment, 11 families spent four weeks writing down what they throw away. They talk about their experiences and findings.

Dieter Bornemann has photographed the families and their food consumption, recipes and empty plates. Isolde Bornemann conducted the interviews, provides 60 tips on buying and storing food and 30 delicious recipes that will make you want to use up all your shopping. So that everything will be eaten in future!

EXHIBITION

“DIETER & ISOLDE BORNEMANN – AUFGEGESSEN! LEBENSMITTEL VERWENDEN STATT VERSCHWENDEN”
Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo, 13 June – 12 October 2025

Following the exhibition of the AUFGEGESSEN! project at Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo, Europe’s largest open-air photography festival, held in Baden near Vienna from June to October 2025, the following events are scheduled for 2026:

Further exhibitions and book presentations:

11 April 2026 – 3 May 2026 – Exhibition Schloss Weinberg/OÖ

15 May 2026 – 31 October 2026 – Opening, 15 May, 5.00 pm  Open-air exhibition „Aufgegessen!“ in the permaculture garden at the Strandhotel Weissensee Kärnten

30 May 2026 – 28 June 2026 – Exhibition & book presentation Schloss Zell an der Pram/OÖ

8 July 2026 – 25 August 2026 – Exhibition & book presentation at the Austrian Kulturforum Bratislava

31 August 2026 – 11 September 2026 – Exhibition & book presentation Bildungshaus Schloss St. Martin/Graz

25 September 2026 – 16 October 2026 – Exhibition & book presentation Bildungshaus Schloss Krastowitz/Klagenfurt

Additional information

Weight 1.5 kg / 3.31 lbs
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