By fay.young on August 11, 2010
When we escaped from the heat of the kitchen this is what we saw from the “minstrels’ gallery”overlooking the fantastic space of the Out of the Blue Drill Hall Arts Cafe transformed for the World Kitchen in Leith. The music mixed by our minstrels, RadioMagnetic, is Quantic – Mishaps Happening (Tru Thoughts) and [...]
Posted in World Kitchen cookery films, World Kitchen in Leith
By fay.young on June 5, 2010
Cardinal Keith O’Brien enjoying a meal at the Sikh Gurdwara in Leith earlier this year. Our thanks to H. Singh for the picture.
Cardinal Keith O’Brian is preparing for a Fringe first with his version of the Hippopotamus Song but he can look forward to something much tastier than ‘mud, mud, glorious mud’ when he visits [...]
Posted in Food, Punjabi Women's Kitchen
By fay.young on May 27, 2010
Market stall in Tanzania (picture by Yvonne Baginsky)
Wondering where to go and what to eat on Friday night? How about African lamb with spinach, mixed vegetable curry, rice with coconut and beans…finished with a fresh fruit salad of mangos, watermelon, guavas and pineapple. Welcome to the monthly World Cafe at North Edinburgh Arts Centre.
Posted in Food, World Cafe (CORE), World Kitchen in Leith
By fay.young on March 4, 2010
Holidays are great but they can get in the way of a good story. A tantalising text from Alice brings news of the world cafe event on Friday. Unfortunately the cafe is in North Edinburgh Arts Centre and we (or at least some of the Leith Open Space Group) are in Amsterdam.
Posted in Food, World Kitchen in Leith
By fay.young on December 10, 2009
Now click here to enjoy the film
We are in the kitchen with Mridu Thanki to taste a meal from her first cookery book, Feasts of India. On a cold Edinburgh day there are tantalising warm spicy smells coming from the pan and we are getting hungry. But it isn’t time to eat yet. While Mridu [...]
Posted in Food, Local heroes, World Kitchen in Leith | Tagged Feasts of India, leith open space, McDonald Road Library, Mridu Thanki, World Kitchen in Leith
By fay.young on June 24, 2009
Damp but undaunted: some of the World Kitchen team. From the left Jo, Pip, Balvinder, Fay, Mridu and Gordon.
We begged and borrowed and though we certainly didn’t steal we owe thanks to many friends and helpers for all your support – in cash, kind, cakes and cooking of all sorts – which made the [...]
Posted in Food, Leith Open Space Events, World Kitchen in Leith
By fay.young on June 16, 2009
If you can’t stand the heat: a rare chance to draw breath in the World Kitchen
It didn’t just rain, it absolutely poured. Recipes and posters got washed away as the deluge battered our poor gazebos. But cooks just kept on cooking which was just as well because as soon as the rain stopped people came [...]
Posted in africa centre, Food, Leith Open Space Events, World Kitchen in Leith | Tagged Gala Day, Leith Festival, leith open space, World Kitchen in Leith
