The Allotment Project

24/09/2015

Thank you for joining us at the Griffin Gallery for the Allotment #10! The film programme is now online: wp.me/p4iobQ-75

22/09/2015

12,000 mangoes are eaten every year at the Notting Hill Carnival. If you don't like mangoes, here is another option: pineapple kebabs with lime crème fraîche and toasted coconut.

It’s that time of year again when West London wafts out those lovely aromas of jerk chicken, fried plantains and litres of rum punch. Yes, we’re talking about the Notting Hill Carnival.

17/09/2015

A view from inside the Trellick Tower lift.
Getting ready for Allotment #10 https://www.facebook.com/events/568233593324535/

Dir: Marc Isaacs / UK / 2001 Filmmaker Marc Isaacs sets himself up in a London tower block lift. The residents come to trust him and reveal the things that m...

16/09/2015

"Hot Grey Pease, and a suck of Bacon" - this is the call from Victorian street food vendors.
Our journey in the Notting Hill food history for Allotment #10 starts with the London Particular - a pea soup getting its name from the thick yellowish smog which was particular to London.
It was sold by the pint from stalls and taverns when Portobello Road Market was first opened in 1865. Have you ever tried it?

[quote]”Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old. Some like it hot, some like it cold, Some like it in the pot – nine days old.” – Mother Goose[/quote] Well, I liked it hot. I didn’t like it cold. And it definitely did not last nine days. Pease porridge, …

15/09/2015

Getting ready for - how was Golborne Road in the fifties? Some local primary school kids asked this question to the local residents - here is their answer.

Golborne, West London, bordered by Ladbroke Grove, The Westway and the Grand Union Canal. An area that from the 1950s saw a unique struggle against poverty, greedy…

15/09/2015

15/09/2015

will explore the food history of Notting Hill and the surrounding area. Imagine a long table set as a timeline from 1865 to 2015. From Victorian soups to Spanish and Caribbean flavours, where would you sit?

Tickets are available here: http://bit.ly/1Oci58O

18/08/2015

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15/07/2015

Last night's at the Florence Trust. A big thank you to all of our guests for taking part!

11/07/2015

Here is our brand new blog!
We've spent the last few days moving furniture across the room... now it's finally ready. Feel free to explore and let us know what you think.

a series of collaborative dinners and debates

02/07/2015

cities on food (routes).
An inspirational talk on how food shapes our cities.

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Every day, in a city the size of London, 30 million meals are served. But where does all the food come from? Architect Carolyn Steel discusses the daily miracle of feeding a city, and shows how ancient food routes shaped the modern world.

24/06/2015

power and national identity: the Japanese tea ceremony.

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The ritual drinking of this ancient beverage — often thought of as the epitome of Japanese restraint and formality — has long been entwined with issues of power and national identity.