World Kitchen in Leith

Donating to Pakistan

Donating to Pakistan

Just one of hundreds of images of the Pakistan floods, the YouTube series by Islamic Relief
An email arrives confirming our donation.  The World Kitchen in Leith evening at Out of the Blue raised a total of £288 towards the Pakistan Flood Relief Appeal.  It seems a very small contribution towards relieving some of the suffering [...]

In the cool of the World Kitchen

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 [...]

No nightmare in the World Kitchen

No nightmare in the World Kitchen

Alice and Mridu in the kitchen, lots more pictures by George Lamb and Euan Wheatley on Flickr
Altogether it was a great experience. But  the night before the event we emerged from the kitchen slightly terrified. When it comes down to it, The World Kitchen in Leith is just a bunch of amateur cooks [...]

All right on the night

World Kitchen in Leith was a really memorable experience for the team and from the kind feedback (so to speak) our guests had a good night too.  Coming soon more food stories and some of those recipes from last night’s menus.  But first we still have a bit of clearing up to do.

A cunning plan with tables

Thanks to Helen we have a plan.  A table plan, that is, for the World Kitchen in Leith event at Out of the Blue next week (see last post).  More to the point we also have a menu which makes us hungry just to think of it – with food you won’t usually find in [...]

Out of the Blue: Your invitation to the World Kitchen in Leith

Out of the Blue: Your invitation to the World Kitchen in Leith

Here’s your  invitation to the World Kitchen in Leith at Out of the Blue Drill Hall Arts Cafe on Thursday 5 August.  You can book through us or buy tickets direct from Out of the Blue. Tables are going fast but there are still some left for later sittings.  More stories about the World Kitchen [...]

Turning a new Facebook page

Turning a new Facebook page

Phew!  It took two attempts and then a bit more trial and error but Leith Open Space finally has a Facebook Page – with thanks to Dougal Perman and Anny Deery for support and guidance, Ally Tibbitt of Greener Leith for setting a great example, and to the good friends who are already joining the [...]

Friday feast in the World Cafe

Friday feast in the World Cafe

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.

All the world’s a kitchen (in Leith)

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.