I'VE been a little absent from the site this month as I have been guest editor for Food&_ for their special edition of Community. I finished the editing today, so as they say, normal programming will resume this week. In the pipeline is our monthly London producer interview - we will be featuring our profile of The Marshmallowist as well as a return to our A-Z guide to London.
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FOR this weekend inspiration, we travel outside of London to Kent, after spotting these delicious pears and apples at Neal's Yard in Covent Garden. KENT is the celebrated garden of England and for over 50 years it has also been home to the UK’s National Fruit Collections at Brogdale Farm. Growing on 150 acres of land near Faversham are over 2220 varieties of apples from almost every county in Britain as well as varieties from over the world. Funded by Defra, this extraordinary living collection is made up of two trees per variety essential to preserving the genetic diversity of fruit crops. The collection also includes pears (550 varieties) as well as cherries, plums, quinces, nuts and currants. You can even visit the farm, with its National Apple Festival being held on 17-18 October. You can find out more here.
ADDRESS: Brogdale Collections, Brogdale Road, Faversham Kent ME13 8XZ WE can't wait for the forthcoming issue of Remedy Quarterly dedicated to theme of SHARE. As you can see from the description below, my essay on 18 Reasons is included in the line-up. You can pre-order your copy here.
SHARE: ISSUE NO. 19 Caroline Cassard recalls her time working on a farm in Maryland, plus she includes a perfect morning pick-me-up, Sweet Potato and Fresh Ginger Muffins. Chef Orianne Cosentino reflects on time spent cooking with her young daughter and how it has transformed them both. She shares one of their favorite recipes, Ham and Artichoke Pizza with Ricotta and Basil. Writer Fiona Symington-Mitchell introduces us to 18 Reasons, a non-profit community kitchen in San Francisco that’s working to build community through food. These recipes and so many more are waiting to be enjoyed and shared with your favorite people. WE all have our favourite streets in London and one of our all time favourites is Farringdon Road. It’s the history (it was one of the first great Victorian engineering road works), the heritage of its Italian delis, the design studios and general nonchalant coolness that we find just out-and-out inspiring. It’s hard to know where to begin but we like to walk up towards Exmouth Market with an eye to dropping into the Quality Chop House Shop and of course fourth generation Gazzano’s Italian Deli. Exmouth Market is of course just a stone’s throw away (we’re not kidding). Known for its independent shops and eateries, you can't do better than Cafe Kick, Caravan and don’t forget Borough Wine. That’s the thing about Farringdon Road it's a thoroughfare to some of the best hidden spots in Clerkenwell. For some of the city's best coffee, take a detour to Leather Lane for Purfrock Coffee, and the Department of Coffee and Social Affairs. There’s Clerkenwell Road for its line-up of Terroni of Clerkenwell, Magma Book Store and Forest London (a great place to find vintage Danish furniture). There’s Hatton Garden for London’s jewellery traders and then down to Smithfield Market, where you can buy some of the best meat in London, if you can wake up early enough (from 02.00 - 07.00 weekdays). And for some solitude, you can’t go past St James Church Garden.
A-Z REFERENCE: MAP 8/ A1-5C Other F’s we like are: biodynamic farmers Fern Verron. FOR YOUR ADDRESS BOOK Borough Wine, 3 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QL. Tel. 020 7837 1076 Cafe Kick, 43 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QL. Tel. 020 7837 8077 Caravan, 11-13 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QD. Tel. 020 7833 8115 Department of Coffee and Social Affairs, 14-16 Leather Lane, EC1N 7SU. Tel. 020 7419 6906 Forest London, 115 Clerkenwell Rd, EC1R 5BY. Tel. 07535 637731 Gazzano’s Italian Deli, 167-169 Farringdon Rd, EC1R 3AL. Tel. 020 7837 1586 Magma Book Store, 117-119 Clerkenwell Rd, EC1R 5BY. Tel. 020 7242 9503 Purfrock Coffee, 23-25 Leather Ln, EC1N 7TE. Tel. 020 7242 0467 Quality Chop Food Shop 88-94 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3EA Smithfield Market, Buyers Walk E Market, London EC1A 9PQ St James, Clerkenwell Cl, London EC1R 0EA. Terroni of Clerkenwell, 138 -140 Clerkenwell Rd, EC1R 5DL. Tel, 020 7837 1712 IN a town that is more often than not about the latest food trends, celebrating London’s enduring restaurants and cafes is no bad thing. One such one is Sweetings on Queen Victoria Street. Located in the City’s Square Mile, this is an old school restaurant. First opened by its namesake J.Sweetings in 1889, it has been in its current location for over 100 years. Specialising in seafood and oysters, it has a classic and enduring charm. Champagne awaits chilled in silver buckets, waiting staff gather in anticipation, and the white marble counters beam from decades of use. The lunch time crowd line the benches drapped in whites, ordering from a menu of dressed crab, prawn cocktail, west mersea oysters, smoked haddock and poached eggs, and chef’s fish pie. There are no reservations and it only opens for lunch. Sweetings has always been a family business: one that survived two world wars, financial crises and too many food trends to remember, to remain a firm and enduring favourite.
39 Queen Victoria Street, EC4N 45A Monday - Friday : 11.00 - 15.00 |
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