The sun has been
beaming, the ice lollies dripping and parks filled with the cheerful sounds of
Londoners enjoying the summer while it lasts. The E17 Trail might be over for
2014, but the artistic and foodie activity of Walthamstow continues….
If, like me,
you found there were just too many wonderful venues, cakes and artworks to get
around in time during the trail... the good news is that Appetite is back for a
two day summer extravaganza as part of Walthamstow Garden Party! Yay!
I’m
delighted to be returning to let you know all about its fun and frolics! The
two day free festival produced by the Barbican and Create is one week away.
Lloyd Park will host the mini art and food fiesta on 26th and 27th
July and it would be great if you can join us, fingers crossed the weather
holds on! http://www.appetitefestival.co.uk/walthamstow-garden-party/ Keep up to date here: https://www.facebook.com/AppetiteInfo and https://twitter.com/AppetiteInfo.
Meanwhile,
to whet your appetite, here’s a look back at some extra highlights of the E17
Art Trail 2014 and a couple of artist’s reflections:
Aura Rosa cakes
Forming a
great trio between Walthamstow Wine and Penny Fielding’s shop; Aura Rosa brings
up the food side to the party. At Auntie
Maureen’s Mens-a-Fair I was able to spy them once again.
An ingenious idea for
those of us who have gorged too much, was a portable take home cake in a black
treacle tin. The consideration for customer convenience was much appreciated.
It was a very rich and indulgent treat to tuck into once at home and the
treacle flavour definitely permeated through either from the recipe or my imagination.
Mix and Match monsters – hungry little
blighters
Dinosaur and
creature cuddles was an exhibit created by talented mum Hester de Graag (http://www.hesterdegraag.com/). Quirky
characters who are made out of recycled fabrics. One pterodactyl was made out
of a very nice woollen suit that had been donated (not the animal print one below in this case!).
The little touches really
made it, even down to button holes for the dinosaurs’ nostrils! Her children
are her inspiration and the idea of a soft lego-type mix and match system
arose. It culminated in the expressive creatures which zip together in
different formations.
Man of Stone - food serving platters
Tim Smith (www.timsmithstonemasonry.com),
stonemason, opened his beautiful home to showcase an array of impressive stone
and marbleware. There were pizza/bread stones, slate coasters and placemats,
marble chopping boards, stone and slate cheese boards, all to provide fancy
presentation for your party bites. He even provided some cakes, breads and
biscuits which he baked on his own stones.
There was a ‘have
a go at stone masonry challenge’… so I took him up on it!
Bestowed Kitchen Highlights from E17 Art
Trail 2014
1. Your
highlight of the E17 Art trail 2014?
“We didn't
get to see much of the actual Art [Trail] as we were too busy working on our
various food events (as well as a few days holiday in the middle). We did see
the mixed race exhibition at Bygga Bo which we really enjoyed.
From our
point of view highlights were all the great feedback we got about the lunch
boxes and about the canapés we did for the closing party. A customer ordered a
set of lunch boxes to take around with his family as part of a day of
activities for his Mum and then the concentrically visited Beulah Road Market
and were glowing about the lunch boxes, particularly our handmade strawberry
pastilles with basil sugar! The reaction to our savoury goats cheesecake (with
red onion chutney) canapé was a highlight too. People loved it!”
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| The much acclaimed strawberry pastilles, photo courtesy of Jeremy Wood. |
2. Your
yummiest experience?
“Didn't get
to try any other of the food events on the Trail unfortunately but had a great
chicken burger at Eat17 during the trail and we sat opposite the installation
there!”
3. One thing
you'd like the readers to know...
“As we're new we have lots of plans for the rest of the year some of which aren't confirmed yet so people will have to keep an eye on our social media accounts (or sign up to our mailing list!). We continue to be at Beulah Road market most Saturdays, as well as other events across the summer including the Village Festival. A website will be coming soon too!”
“As we're new we have lots of plans for the rest of the year some of which aren't confirmed yet so people will have to keep an eye on our social media accounts (or sign up to our mailing list!). We continue to be at Beulah Road market most Saturdays, as well as other events across the summer including the Village Festival. A website will be coming soon too!”
Deborah Nash Highlights
from E17 Art Trail 2014
“Eat the Trail was a chance to try out new ideas. Approaching
artworks through the angle of food for my talk at The Mill led to a surprising
range of artists who use what we eat and the dinner plates, tureens, cups and
saucers of the dining room table to make political and social commentary. My
housemates baked two cakes they'd never made before: Cake after Mondrian; Cake
after Pollock. We all got something out of it!”
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| Talented housemate bakery Gwen, photos courtesy of Deborah Nash |
To
experience more similar fun, be sure to check out the Walthamstow Garden Party with Appetite!
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