‘The taste of any simple tomato-based salad is dependent on the quality of the tomatoes.’*
*Yotam Ottolenghi
So true, Yotam, so true, and as our last post was all about strawberries, this time we’re talking tomatoes!
These small sweet marbles must have been the first fruits that I began to grow ten years ago; I remember plucking them from the vine, squashing them with a basil leaf into a chunk of homemade bread, drizzling it with olive oil and eating it in the sunshine. I felt like Elizabeth David reincarnated, if you don’t know who she is – look her up, slow roasting them with garlic in olive oil, ready to stir through some freshly made pasta – delicious!


I shall read up on and try these techniques over the coming weeks, but back to the book and the pages on Persimmons, the tropical fruit that is hardy enough for our cold British climate, have really caught my eye and I’ve put my name down to buy a tree as soon as they are available in the autumn.
It would be a pleasure to welcome you to one of our courses that we have running right throughout the year.
The next few weeks brings Full Day Bee Keeping, Urban Hens – Keeping Chickens in London and some new courses, Perfect Pasta and Scones and Jam
Alternatively, we would love to plan a private event for you and your friends, or a team meeting for your work colleagues.
Do contact us for more information.
Other News:
- At last I managed to spend some time getting to grips with Macarons, OK, so they are not all the same shape and size – but they tasted pretty good!
- We were very pleased to host the leadership team of national charity, Cinnamon Network, for their strategy day. After their meetings I taught them how to make Cinnamon Swirls and after lunch we tried a spot of bee keeping…
- St Paul’s School brought their Year 6 students over to study the bees, we do love our work with schools
Jobs for this week:
- I need to make a cage of some sort to protect our almonds from the squirrels, I haven’t quite worked out the design yet…
- Plan September’s Urban Food Fortnight with the London Kitchen Project, maybe add in another new Battersea Cooking Class
- Start sewing some sails to bring a little shade onto our conservatory, it gets pretty hot in there on a sunny day
Join us on the Journey!