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Harvest: Roasted Carrot & naked oat risotto
A satisfying and health-giving dish for February. Oat groats are incredibly filling and naked oats in particular are packed with beta glucan which is said to support the attenuation of seasonal shifts affecting our circadian rhythm and is also used to enhance heart health, as it can reduce cholesterol levels. The nutty flavour of the oat […]
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Sow: Moon Milk
The recent festival of Imbolc “symbolizes the halfway point between the winter solstice (Yule) and the spring equinox (Ostara). The word “imbolc” means “in the belly of the Mother,” because the seeds of spring are “beginning to stir in the belly of Mother Earth” (Dhruti Bhagat). It is connected to the celtic goddess Brigid, who […]
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Malt: An Oat Flour Macaron
Image: ‘Malt’, an oat flour macaron. Developed by artist Cherry Truluck with chef Grace Gibbons. Photo Anne Tezlaff. Shared from www.delfinafoundation.com/platform/cherry-truluck-oat-flour-macaron/ As part of the Politics of Food, season five at Delfina Foundation in 2022, artist Cherry Truluck launched THE ANIMIST ALMANAC, her six-year programme of arts-based research and practice around oat cultivation and fugitive temporalities. The event (also […]
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Film Club: La Restanza
Custom Food Lab are very proud to have commissioned an exclusive streaming of ‘La Restanza’ at the Saturday evening Film Club for the Seed Gathering 2023. After the film, director Alessandra Coppola will be live online in conversation with curator Viviana Checchia. Grab some dinner and settle in for a very special evening. About the […]
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Seeding Imaginative Futures
An artists panel talk for the Seed Gathering 2023 3pm, Sunday 12th February 2023 UK and international artists working at the forefront of cultural engagement with farming, seed saving and the politics of our food systems will join Artist and Creative Director of Custom Food Lab, Cherry Truluck in conversation. The panellists will be invited to share […]
