Challah – the culture, history and continuity of a traditional Jeiwsh bread I grew up in South Africa, in a traditional Jewish house, where the rhythm of the week was punctuated by the Friday night Shabbat meal. Central to the Shabbat meal is the enriched bread known as challah. When I was young, my mum […]
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Summer recipes 2017
What a great summer! We attended over 20 public events, demonstrating delicious, healthy and low impact food from around the world. We fed 5000 plus people and worked with organisations including Kew Gardens, Town & Country Housing, Wave Leisure, Nippers and Food Cycle. Here is a collection of some of the recipes we shared. Summer […]
Food for the Future – Kew’s Science Festival at Wakehurst Place
I was asked to design a menu of food for the future recipes to tie in with Kew’s Science Festival at Wakehurst Place. It got me thinking about some of the big issues we are facing as a planet and species. As the climate changes and the earth’s population rises, as natural resources and arable land dwindles, how […]
Southsea Food Festival 2017
It’s that time of year again when we start gearing up for cookery demonstrations on the kitchen theatre stage at the Southsea Food Festival. As well as hosting some of Portsmouth’s most talented chefs, bakers and food producers, we’ll be demonstrating our favourite street food dishes from around the world including: Tapalapa, a West African baguette […]
FOOD FOR THOUGHT HASTINGS, 27 April 17
Food for Thought, Hastings Join us for a community food networking and skill sharing day Food for thought, Hastings We are delighted to be co-hosting Food for Thought, Hastings – this symposium together with colleagues from Hastings Voluntary Action and Education Futures Trust. The aim is to get people with an interest in food and community activities together, to […]
Christopsomo – Greek Christmas bread
Greek Christmas Bread, a delicious festive bread with depth of flavour and intention . . . The dough is enriched with butter, milk, sugar, eggs and mixed peel. Some people add wine or ouzo to the dough for an even more flavoursome loaf. The traditional practice when making this bread is to knead all of […]
