Passion and Provenance
Seashores Looking For Stuff To Eat…….A John Wright Foray!
We arrived at our secret foraging location in good time to psych ourselves up for our day. It was cool (very), cloudy, (no blue) and extremely windy. The surf was up. massive breakers were crashing on the shores, – not entirely conducive to donning your cozzy and finding what Bob was hoping to be a […]
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A Corporate Lunch in the Curious Kitchen….
“Today we will embody the time boundaries and mechanical expertise of the Germans and add the passion, flair and love of the Italians”……. “We have 2 hours”…… As you may know already my dear reader, here at Heart Kitchen, we offer tailor made packages at prices and times to suit the customer, so when we […]
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A-Foraging we go!…..
Part 1 At Heart Kitchen, we love a bit of foraging. Whilst it is great enjoying a stroll through the woods in the gentle spring sunshine, it is far more rewarding to return with a basket bulging with tempting fare to be experimented with in the Curious Kitchen. Foraging was once fundamental to our […]
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An Emotional & Spectacular Day In The Curious Kitchen………………………..
Saturday April 18th 2015, the new Curious Kitchen is launched……Feeling bad can be joyful……With movement….. Our event today is very exciting. We have a full complement of participants, a wonderful menu to cook, a fabulous weather forecast ordered and bright new space to explore and use, not to mention the sparkling vintage Gaggia coffee […]
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Anyone for a coffee?
There are few things nicer than the smell of freshly brewed coffee, it reminds me of holidays and lazy weekends. Heart Kitchen has just invested in an all-singing, all-dancing Italian Gaggia coffee machine, which we are very excited to share with our guests! We have all been trained in the art of espresso-making, and are […]
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A tale of two students……..
Kate’s tale…… I set off to Uni very confidently last term – a new way of life, independent of my parents – home when I like, eating and drinking what I like, seeing who I choose, – utter bliss! However, the reality was somewhat different. After a fantastic fresher’s week of drinking and partying, real […]
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Presenting Lucy Simmons, the Curious Kitchen’s very own Star Baker……….
I called in to see Lucy this morning to have a quick chat about her experiences taking on the bake-off technical challenges, to be met with the smell of Christmas in a bowl! Nana, Mum, Lucy and her older sister Jessica had started preparing the puddings and cakes, and the kitchen smelt of cinnamon, oranges, […]
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How To Eat An Orange…… Shared By Nikki Harman
How To Eat An Orange You may think eating is a pretty simple activity, and on the surface, you’d be right. But I want to look beyond the surface, at what’s beneath the obvious. Let’s be honest: how often do you concentrate on what you’re eating or drinking? How often do you stop to consider […]
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There’s not mushroom on the table!
October the 8th 2014 saw the first of one of our even more extraordinary outdoor events: a Mushroom Foray with the inimitable John Wright, mycologist, writer, cabinet maker and TV personality. The event started at 10am with a superb Foragers’ Breakfast prepared expertly by Heart Kitchen’s own Simon Gale and consisting of spiced, roasted shredded […]
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Bread – Should it still be our main staple? part one
Every month we will be looking at different fresh food products and finding out a little more about them – particularly how they fit in to our concept of ‘fresh, locally sourced, nutritious and healthy’. First up, we are going to look at what, until quite recently, was known as the nations’ staple food – […]
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