| Mon 1 | Women's Health Workshop Workshop on Women's Health which focuses on diet and lifestyle choices that increase energy, reduce stress and optimise balance. This free workshop will run from 7-8.30pm. Closest tubes are Kensington High Street and Earls Court and so good for the Circle and District, Piccadilly and Central tube lines. Location: Private address in Kensington/Earls Court: Full details given upon RSVPContact: Sarah Lantry | sarah@attitudetofood.com Organisers: Sarah Lantry, Attitude to Food Website: www.attitudetofood.com Free Workshop | 1 February 2010 at 7-8.30pm | Women\'s Health Join me for this workshop on Women\'s Health which focuses on diet and lifestyle choices that increase energy, reduce stress and optimise balance for you and your family. The event will run from 7-8.30pm. Closest tubes are Kensington High Street and Earls Court and so good for the Circle and District, Piccadilly and Central tube lines. Please contact sarah@attitudetofood.com or 07970 770 771. Full details upon RSVP. What people are saying about the workshops... \'Fascinating subject matter presented in a way that makes it easy to understand. I\'ve made some of the tweaks suggested, and it\'s true they are easy to implement and they do make a difference!\' Claire, London \'Sarah knows her stuff and has a passion for health and good nutrition I look forward to future workshops\'. Lee, London Location: Private address in Kensington/Earls Court: Full details given upon RSVPContact: Sarah Lantry | sarah@attitudetofood.com | 07970 770 771 Organisers: Sarah Lantry, Attitude to Food Website: www.attitudetofood.com Artisan Breadmaking Fundamentals Expert practitioner Carl Shavitz will help you master the art of creating artisan bread, from foccacia and fruit loaves, to baguettes and bagels. Be amazed at how you can transform a handful of core ingredients into a wealth of wonderful breads. Discover the power of a slow ferment; learn the process of producing a well-developed internal structure. This is the benchmark of any flavoursome artisan loaf - you’ll never want to buy bread again. This hands-on course is for those who can’t resist freshly baked bread, and it will provide the knowledge and techniques to create breads of all flavours, shapes and textures. £585.00 per person. Lunch, refreshments and recipes included. Duration: 5 daysLocation: Lower Motor Yard Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, S80 3LR Contact: 01909 532171/admissions@schoolofartisanfood.org Organisers: The School of Artisan Food Website: www.schoolofartisanfood.org | Tue 2 | Wed 3 | Soil Association annual conference This two day conference presents a series of challenging debates about the role of science, politics, farming and food sectors and their respective roles in the action, innovation and transition to sustainable models that is needed to meet GHG targets and feed the world. Duration: 2 daysLocation: The Custard Factory, Birmingham Organisers: The Soil Association Website: www.soilassociation.org/annualconference.aspx |
Thu 4 | Fri 5 | Sat 6 | Sun 7 | National Bramley Apple Week Celebrate the nation's favourite cooking apple and a true British icon this week with events up and down the country. Duration: 8 daysLocation: UK Wide Website: www.bramleyapples.co.uk |
Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | FeedingManchester #3 The third FeedingManchester event will take place on Saturday 13th February 2010 to continue planning practical ways of making Greater Manchester's food system more sustainable. This event will be focused on Manchester City Council's Climate Action Plan, its aspiration for sustainable food and how the third sector can help ‘double the amount of locally grown food we eat’ over the next ten years. Location: Bridge-5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 7HR.Contact: chris@kindling.org.uk Organisers: The Kindling Trust Website: www.kindling.org.uk The World's Original Marmalade Festival The most delicious event on the preserve maker's calendar is approaching, as top producers and home cooks around the world compete for The World's Best Marmalade title. Anyone can enter, so long as you've made the marmalade yourself, and all the judging is carefully monitored by The Cumbria-Cumberland Federation of Women's Institutes. Duration: 2 daysLocation: Dalemain Mansion, Cumbria Website: http://www.marmaladefestival.com |
Sun 14 | Mon 15 | National Chip Week Celebrate the classic British chip by voting for your favourite chips, whether from a takeaway, pub or restaurant and nominate them for the Golden Chip award. Duration: 7 daysLocation: UK Wide Organisers: Love Chips Website: http://www.lovechips.co.uk/ |
Tue 16 | Olney Pancake Race Legend has it that the Olney Pancake Race started over 500 years ago when a harassed housewife heard the shriving bell and rushed to the church still clutching her frying pan and pancake in it. The 415 yard dash from the market place to the church starts at 11.55am precisely on Shrove Tuesday. To enter, you must be a woman, a resident of Olney and be dressed as a housewife in skirt, apron and head covering, tossing a pancake in a pan. Location: Market Place, Olney, Buckinghamshire MK46 4EF |
Wed 17 | Thu 18 | Fri 19 | Sat 20 | Rye Bay Scallop Festival At this festival you can feast on shellfish on special tasting menus, watch cooking demonstrations and more more. Many events throughout the week. Location: Rye, East SussexWebsite: www.ryebayscallops.co.uk |
Sun 21 | Mon 22 | Fairtrade Fortnight 2010 This year's Fairtrade Fortnight is going to be the most ambitious yet. We want one million and one people to join us in The Big Swap. We'll be asking the nation swap their usual stuff for Fairtrade stuff; your usual wine, sugar, or oranges for Fairtrade wine, sugar or oranges. Each swap will be proof that the UK wants developing world producers to get a better deal. Duration: 14 daysLocation: UK Wide Organisers: Fairtrade Foundation Website: http://www.fairtrade.org.uk Wild Yeast Baking Spend the day with Emmanuel Hadjiandreou looking at wild yeast bread-making techniques. All you need to make amazing bread is flour, water, time for the wild yeasts to develop and an understanding of the process. Emmanuel will teach you the principles of bread making: ingredients, fermentation, mixing, proving and baking. This is a hands-on course where you learn to make a variety of hand-crafted artisan breads using different types of flour, seeds, grains and fruit. £135.00 per person. Lunch, refreshments and recipes included. Location: Lower Motor Yard. Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, S80 3LRContact: 01909 532171/admissions@schoolofartisanfood.org Organisers: The School of Artisan Food Website: www.schoolofartisanfood.org |
Tue 23 | Traditional Italian Baking Discover the delicious simplicity of Italian baking. Start with examining the classic Italian starter, biga acida, responsible for the lovely flavour and open porous texture of Italian breads. Create an authentic ciabatta, personalise your own focaccia and explore the process of making delicious and hearty semolina bread. £135.00 per person. Includes lunch, refreshments and recipes. Location: Lower Motor Yard, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, S80 3LRContact: 01909 532171/admissions@schoolofartisanfood.org Organisers: The School of Artisan Food Website: www.schoolofartisanfood.org |
Wed 24 | Thu 25 | Fri 26 | Wakefield Festival of Food, Drink & Rhubarb The Wakefield Festival of Food, Drink & Rhubarb is - naturally - all about their Champagne rhubarb, in season right now. Look out for talks and tastings on rhubarb cheese, displays on medieval food, cookery demonstrations and much more. Duration: 2 daysLocation: Wakefield Town Centre, Yorkshire Website: www.wakefield.gov.uk |
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