Now We’re Cooking: Panzanella
The heat is on. British summertime and this colourful Tuscan 'peasant' salad scoops up fridgey leftovers, zing-fresh veg and even stale bread. Once again,...
Roll with it … DIY pasta
Abby Jones discovers the joy of making your own tagliatelle
I had always thought pasta should be left to the professionals, but I eat so...
Rooting for the community
Local food business En Root is one of many to have reacted quickly and efficiently to lockdown.
“As a Lambeth-born business we know how important...
Start the weekend with a bespoke Bloody Mary
Staying at home means you can make the perfect bloody mary. Abby Jones explains
A bloody mary is certainly one to split the crowd, but,...
Take it away Brixton
Queuing for the supermarket has long lost any novelty it may, or may not, have held. Have a day off in the name of...
Simply sourdough
Her starter ready, Abby Jones bakes a sourdough loaf
Once your starter is active, it’s ready to use as yeast! Making a loaf is really...
Just what you knead – yeast from the brewery, flour from...
Yeast is in short supply and while sourdough may be one solution, a supply from Brixton Brewery is another.
The brewery is making some of...
We’re going on a beer hunt
Abby Jones recommends beers for home
I miss the pub. And, although we are not at the shops so regularly either these days, I thought...
Your starter for bread
With yeast hard to come by and traipsing round to look for it ill-advised, Abby Jones explains the mysteries of sourdough
What is sourdough?
Since it’s...
Chucklehead cider is available online
Although Lambeth Country show is cancelled for this year, and Brockwell Park is strictly for socially distanced exercise, we can still enjoy at least...
Volcano coffee at home
Brixton’s Volcano Coffee Works is continuing its coffee subscriptions by post service, delivering fresh, ethical, hand-roasted coffee to your door via Royal Mail.
You can...
Play with your food, then eat your words
Don’t play with your food – forget that. London-based type designer Sarah Hyndman’s latest lockdown challenge is to use the food you have in...
The Lambeth Food Bank Fund
The Lambeth Food Bank Fund has been launched to raise much needed funding for the four food banks across the borough are Brixton and Norwood,...
MUSIC
Brixton – from Tufty Club to the Fridge
Musician and DJ Alberto Umbridge discusses a bygone Brixton with Simone Richardson, along with the allure of Congolese music, and how lockdown prompted him...
CULTURE
Ones to watch Brixton: Marc Thomson
Forty years on from the publication of the New York Times article that first alerted the world to cases of HIV, lifelong Brixtonian Marc...
