August 18, 2008 @ 11:29 pm
Food Glorious Food (and some booze, medicines and plants)
The Hornbeam Centre’s putting on a feast of lessons, workshops and fun activities (some for kids, others for adults or the family)
Jam making, baking, wine, homebrew, herbs, pickles, apples, cakes, seeds, and more, all culminating in a great food swap.
Check out all the days and details below. For more visit their swish looking new website.
All workshops are at the Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe Street, Walthamstow unless otherwise specified. Prices indicated are for waged first then low income and unwaged.
Registration is appreciated and for sessions marked with * numbers are limited so please let us know if you are coming: email us or call 020 8558 6880.
Wednesday 20th August (3-4.30pm)*
Baking for kids (age 4-10) £1.50/£1
Come and have a go: mix, chop, stir and bake simple biscuits, cakes or smoothies, then enjoy the results!
Saturday 23rd August (4-5.30pm)*
Jam making £3/£2
Home-made tastes better… Discover the basic methods of this long-established way of capturing fruity goodness in a jar.
Wednesday 27th August (7-9pm)
Wine from the hedgerows: introduction to homebrew £3/£2
Brewing your own is cheaper and more satisfying. Find out how to make a fine wine from fruit you can find in the hedges, and get your cider started in time for the swap. Or just sample some we made earlier!
Sunday 14th September (11am-1pm)
Introduction to food growing £3/£2
Start early for next year’s swap – find out the basic principles of organic growing and pick up some simple tips to get you started growing your own. At Organiclea’s growing site, Drysdale Avenue, E4
Wednesday 17th September*
Kitchen pharmacy: using herbs for common remedies
3pm herbal walk – to be confirmed, call for details £3/£2
6-8pm preparation workshop £3/£2 £5/£3 for both sessions
The herbs and plants that you can grow in your garden or allotment site have many uses beyond the cooking pot. This session will show you how to prepare your own herbal treatments and take advantage of the many benefits herbs can bring to your health.
Saturday 27th September (4-5.30pm)
Seed saving £3/£2
Find out why we save seed, learn the basic principles and gain confidence. Then have a go yourself and become part of a local outlawed seed saving mission!
Saturday 4th October (4-5.30pm)*
Pickles and chutneys £3/£2
This workshop will take a peep at traditional uses of preserves and chutneys in different cultures. An opportunity to jar up goodness from locally grown and foraged fruit. Come along and share your recipes and ideas.
Saturday 4th October
Scrumping apples ‘n’ pears pick ‘n’ press day (Free)
11am intro and picking (meet at Hornbeam, come by bicycle if possible)
2.30pm juicing
Fruit grows in abundance in Walthamstow and the scrumping project helps to ensure it doesn’t go to waste. Come and take part in a picking session and using the apple press, and have a taste of the freshest juice you can get…
Thursday 9th October (7-9pm)*
Cake baking £3/£2
Learn a simple recipe for dairy free cake which you can adapt and experiment with to add your favourite fruits and flavours.
Saturday 11th October (11am-4pm)
Apple Day (Free)
Apples galore at Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road, Walthamstow - juice, fruit, games and information for all ages.
Saturday 11th October (12-2pm)
Seed sprouting drop-in at the Hornbeam market stall
Even closer than a balcony is space for one of the most nutritious, fast foods you can grow. Learn this simple growing skill - and produce a crop that will save you £££s.
Saturday 11th October
Raw food talk 6pm and pot luck supper 7pm (Free)
Find out how healthy and tasty raw food can be; bring something to share for the supper.
Thursday 16th October
World Food Day discussion evening (Free - donations for food)
7.30pm, with food served from 6.30pm
On the day designated to mark food as “a requisite for survival and well-being and a fundamental human necessity”, take part in a discussion with Simon Fairlie, editor of The Land, to look at how we can break the corporate clutch on our food chain and how we can feed ourselves sustainably.
Saturday 18th October 2-4pm)
The Great Local Food Swap (Free)
Bring your swapping goodies for registration from 12pm
Swap your grown-produce for somebody elses pickles and bakes in a locally celebrated “good food swap“. It’s about sharing food you’ve made, grown, picked or found. It’s a chance to show off your produce and share good food by swapping what you’ve brought with other people, without the need for money changing hands.
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