Cookery Demos - sponsored by Foods For Life
The downstairs foyer sees a tidy little Cookery Demos area hosted by vegan pirate Long John Tofu and his partner in crime Count Vincent Von Vegan - there are a dozen or so 30 minute slots where you can learn some simple, fun and exceedingly tasty vegan recipes - as well as get to sample the ‘here's one I made earlier' versions. Guests include Lesley Jeavons, John Bailey and Gilly Webber. Full details will be displayed on the day
12.00 Long John Tofu - Omega 3 Deliciously
Essential fats into your diet in a deliciously healthy way
12.30 Lesley Jeavons - TBC
1.00pm Long John Tofu - Chocoholic Foodieholic
Instant gratification with chocolate
1.30pm Long John Tofu -Super-cali-Pancake-tastic-epicurian-anti-dosh-ious
Tossing up anti-inflation recession proof delicious nutritious dishes on a budget
2.00pm John Bailey- Raspberry & chocolate truffle torte with espresso ice cream
2.30pm Count Vincent Von Vegan – I love wok and rollThe Count will be cooking two delicious stir-fries to show off the most magnificent of vegan oriental nosh. For those who love their mock meat, do come along and enjoy the delights of mock duck – the oft-neglected but ever versatile way to fake it in the kitchen. Not your bag, you like it vegetables galore? No problem – one stir fry will be a guide to hoodwinking the carnivores in your entourage, the other a timely reminder all you need is love fresh veg.
3.00pm Gilly Webber – Dashi and Sushi sessionLearn how to make "dashi" - a kombu seaweed & shitake mushroom stock - and a shoyu broth with noodles and a miso soup. While the soup is cooking, Gilly will demonstrate some vegan sushis - carrot & peanut butter, cucumber & umeboshi paste, black soybean & ginger spread, also an inside out sushi wrapped in black sesame seeds.
3.30pm Count Vincent Von Vegan - Billy Jean Aubergine is not my girlBloody marvelous this aubergine lark, and possibly my favourite vegetable. Drop by for a whirlwind history* of aubergines and their many uses, including a rather wonderful recipe for baba ghanoush – a creamy and indulgent aubergine dip. The history element of this talk may consist entirely of willful fabrications… but do stay for the cooking.
4.00pm Lesley Jeavons - TBC
4.30pm Count Vincent Von Vegan - Pizza the ActionIf it’s got a flat surface you can top it, and if you can top it you can make pizza. Join The Count as he explores how to make a variety of different quick and easy pizzas – both using vegan cheese and some fantastic vegetable-based toppings. This is an interactive cookery demo, please come along and get your hands dirty.
