You are invited...
On Thursday, 16th April at 7:30 p.m., Michelle Palmer, Holistic Chef and Ayurvedic Health Consultant, and Beth Forster, Editor and Creator of Mosaic Magazine, will host an evening delicious snacks and networking. See below for photographs of dishes.
Come to Michelle's home at 32, Davidson Avenue, Leamington Spa, CV31 1LT, for a satisfying selection of dishes, including chai spice biscuits and chai tea; curried rice with cashews, peas, peppers and sultanas; mixed green vitality salad with citrus vinaigrette; Brussels sprouts with spiced maple pecans; chickpea millet tomato pilaf; spicy masala soup with lentils and veg; and chocolate coconut 'risotto'.
Attendees will also receive Michelle's best tips for a long, healthy life through proper diet and lifestyle, as well as a selection of recipes from dishes served.
There will be enough for everyone to have a satisfying, healthy meal. Any dietary needs can be catered for with advance notice.
This evening is also a great opportunity to meet and mingle with like-minded people for social and business networking around the region, so please bring along your business cards!
All this for just £12. Space is limited, so please RSVP by phoning Michelle Palmer on 07988 848308, or writing to ayurvedachef@gmail.com. Pre-payment is needed in order to supply the meal, so we kindly request that a cheque for £12 be sent to Michelle Palmer at: 32 Davidson Avenue, Leamington Spa, CV31 1LT. If you have any questions about the evening, please do not hesitate to make contact.
About the Hostesses:
Michelle Palmer is a certified Ayurvedic Health Consultant, Yoga Teacher and Life Chef. She is passionate about cooking delicious, healthy food tailored to meet the health objectives of those who eat it. She has run cooking classes, demonstrations, dinner parties and personal chef services for three years in the US and UK. Michelle studied at The Ayurvedic Institute under Dr. Vasant Lad and continues to expand her knowledge of natural health, cooking and yoga through courses around the world. She brings a sense of joy and playfulness to food, as well as rigorous attention to the health benefits and effects of ingredients she uses.
Beth Forster is editor and creator of Mosaic; a community magazine (www.mosaic-lifestyle.com) that brings together green, complementary health, creative, ethical, holistic and spiritual articles to the core of our awareness. She is also co-founder of the Warwickshire Spiritual Network – an open forum for spiritual-minded people to connect and share experiences.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Monday 23 March 2009
Monday 16 March 2009
The Age of Stupid
The Age of Stupid is a 90-minute film about climate change, set in the future. Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking back at 'archive' footage from 2007 and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?
Whilst the film had its world premiere in London yesterday, 15th March, the weekend of the 20th, 21st and 22nd of March is monstrously important to the whole future of The Age of Stupid. The length and breadth of the UK theatrical run will literally be determined by the number of bums on seats in cinemas during this opening weekend. The box-office success of these 3 days is crucial to the overall success of everything that happens after this point; overseas cinema groups, TV deals and DVD distribution will all take their lead from what happens during this pivotal weekend.
So... please please please come along on at least one of these days to the Apollo cinema in Leamington to see your local viewing - and take 10 friends along with you too. It's really impossible to overstate how much depends on these 72 short hours!
(If you can't make it over the weekend, be sure to make sure you and everyone you know sees it in the very near future! This film may change all of our lives...)
The Age of Stupid is a 90-minute film about climate change, set in the future. Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking back at 'archive' footage from 2007 and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?
Whilst the film had its world premiere in London yesterday, 15th March, the weekend of the 20th, 21st and 22nd of March is monstrously important to the whole future of The Age of Stupid. The length and breadth of the UK theatrical run will literally be determined by the number of bums on seats in cinemas during this opening weekend. The box-office success of these 3 days is crucial to the overall success of everything that happens after this point; overseas cinema groups, TV deals and DVD distribution will all take their lead from what happens during this pivotal weekend.
So... please please please come along on at least one of these days to the Apollo cinema in Leamington to see your local viewing - and take 10 friends along with you too. It's really impossible to overstate how much depends on these 72 short hours!
(If you can't make it over the weekend, be sure to make sure you and everyone you know sees it in the very near future! This film may change all of our lives...)
Monday 2 March 2009
Tom's News From the Field
February 2009
Well, with Spring on its way and a bit of time on our hands whilst the fields were covered in snow, we were able to get really stuck into the first full days seed sowing over at Ryton Gardens at the end of February. Danny and I spent a long day in their sowing shed, bench heater angled at our hands, sowing a multitude of seed varieties mainly for early crops to cover the dreaded hungry gap. Amongst these will be Spring Onions, Baby Bunched Beets, Lettuces and Spinach. With some 14,000 seeds sown during the day we certainly left their greenhouse fuller than when we arrived!
It’s certainly approaching that time now when we start to focus on the many tasks of the coming season whilst trying to maintain a steady flow of fresh veg for the share over the leaner months of April/May. Just recently the weather has really warmed up, with several days feeling almost Spring like. This has prompted the drilling of our early Peas and Carrots in the polytunnel.
So what’s to look forward to? Well, we’ve been eagerly awaiting the new season of Purple Sprouting Broccoli for some weeks now and we've finally been able to start putting it in the share as of this week. Also we’ve varieties of Cauliflower due to begin cropping any time now too. The Leeks have begun bulking up and should be in the share for most of the Spring having unfortunately been largely absent in the Winter months. Really it’s a matter of waiting for the warm weather to let everything begin growing again.
Happy feasting folk!
Well, with Spring on its way and a bit of time on our hands whilst the fields were covered in snow, we were able to get really stuck into the first full days seed sowing over at Ryton Gardens at the end of February. Danny and I spent a long day in their sowing shed, bench heater angled at our hands, sowing a multitude of seed varieties mainly for early crops to cover the dreaded hungry gap. Amongst these will be Spring Onions, Baby Bunched Beets, Lettuces and Spinach. With some 14,000 seeds sown during the day we certainly left their greenhouse fuller than when we arrived!
It’s certainly approaching that time now when we start to focus on the many tasks of the coming season whilst trying to maintain a steady flow of fresh veg for the share over the leaner months of April/May. Just recently the weather has really warmed up, with several days feeling almost Spring like. This has prompted the drilling of our early Peas and Carrots in the polytunnel.
So what’s to look forward to? Well, we’ve been eagerly awaiting the new season of Purple Sprouting Broccoli for some weeks now and we've finally been able to start putting it in the share as of this week. Also we’ve varieties of Cauliflower due to begin cropping any time now too. The Leeks have begun bulking up and should be in the share for most of the Spring having unfortunately been largely absent in the Winter months. Really it’s a matter of waiting for the warm weather to let everything begin growing again.
Happy feasting folk!
World Water Day - would you like to get involved?
A new WaterAid campaign and fundraising group is being launched on Saturday 21st March to mark Word Water Day.
WaterAid enables the world's poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. The scale of the problem is enormous:
Please go along to show your support. James Plaskitt MP and the press will be coming at 10.30am and it would be great to have a large number of people there. Or just turn up whenever you can.
Felix Mindham is organising the event and could do with more help on the stall - so if you would like to help out please give her a ring. She will be doing a couple of briefing sessions on the evenings of Tuesday 3rd March and Thursday 12th March.
If you are interested in getting involved but can't manage the 21st March, there will be plenty of other opportunities.
Thanks!
For further information please contact Felix on:
01926 316429 or 07963 835580
A new WaterAid campaign and fundraising group is being launched on Saturday 21st March to mark Word Water Day.
WaterAid enables the world's poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. The scale of the problem is enormous:
- About 1 in 8 of the world's population do not have access to safe water
- Almost two fifths of the people in the world do not have access to adequate safe sanitation
- 5,000 children die everyday from diseases caused by unclean water and poor sanitation
- It costs only £15 per head to provide lasting safe water, sanitation and hygiene education
Please go along to show your support. James Plaskitt MP and the press will be coming at 10.30am and it would be great to have a large number of people there. Or just turn up whenever you can.
Felix Mindham is organising the event and could do with more help on the stall - so if you would like to help out please give her a ring. She will be doing a couple of briefing sessions on the evenings of Tuesday 3rd March and Thursday 12th March.
If you are interested in getting involved but can't manage the 21st March, there will be plenty of other opportunities.
Thanks!
For further information please contact Felix on:
01926 316429 or 07963 835580
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