Foraging • Seasonal Cooking • Social Entrepeneur

A few from Saturdays birthday dinner for Sarah 🥳 Taken by chef and photographer @marcin.nowak.photo On the menu was 🍽️ 🌿 Spinach & ricotta gnocchi with sage brown butter and parmesan breadcrumbs (V) 🐑 Braised lamb shoulder with red wine & parsley
🍄‍🟫 Stuffed field mushrooms with broccoli & red wine gravy (Vg) 🥔 Dauphinoise potato pie with aged Gouda (V)
🫛 Asparagus, peas & broad beans with preserved lemon and mustard dressing (Vg) 🥭 Iced mango parfait

Recipe: Inside-out omelette from @the_vanlifecookbook with ricotta cheese, tomatoes and herbs  Instead of folding through the vegetables, herbs and cheese for a more traditional style omelette, this places all your ingredients on top of the egg, centre stage. The soft, mild cheese is a perfect vehicle for the aromatic herbs, and makes for a pretty, colourful lunch. A great one for summer; slice up in wedges and serve with fried potatoes or a simple green salad. Serves 4 Ingredients  6-8 eggs 3 tbsp or 50ml milk (plant or dairy) 1 tomato, chopped 3 spring onions, finely sliced  1 bunch, about 100g of green beans, peas, broad beans, asparagus or ½ head of broccoli, chopped into small pieces 100g ricotta, mascarpone or thick yoghurt  A handful of chopped fresh herbs eg. parsley, mint, coriander, dill, chervil, chives 1 tbsp butter or olive oil Sea salt and fresh black pepper Method Put a pot of water on to boil with a pinch of salt. Blanch the green vegetables by cooking for one minute. Drain and set aside to cool. Whisk together the eggs and milk in a bowl and season with a pinch of salt. Melt the butter or olive oil in a frying pan on high heat. Pour in the egg mix and make the omelette by loosely stirring the eggs a few times in the pan, keeping the temperature high. Reduce the heat to medium/ low and spread the egg around the whole pan to gently cook through underneath. Once a little browned on the bottom and still slightly runny on top, turn off the heat and either slide on to a plate or serve in the pan. You can remove it from the pan by carefully shuffling the omelette to the edge and slipping a dinner plate underneath. Alternatively, you can use two plates. Use the first one to cover the whole omelette and carefully flip the pan 180*. Lift away the pan, placing the second plate over the upturned omelette. Flip again to present the omelette right way up. Now lightly spread the cheese or yoghurt over the omelette and evenly scatter the tomato, spring onion and vegetables across the dish. Serve on its own or with a simple green salad or fried potatoes. Photo by @hollyfarrierphotography Stylist @iambecks_ Publisher @pavilionbooks

Pho Broth takeaway hack from our favourite Vietnamese in Deptford, Viet Rest. When we have lots of veggies in the fridge but crave that delicious pho broth and don’t have time to simmer a pot of stock for 12 hrs. 🍜🍜🍜🍜🍜🍜

July 2013 - We took the leap and rented an apartment way out of our budget in Haggerston to host Supper Clubs and private dinners in a supposed ‘live/ work’ warehouse pad on the canal; procured some tables and chairs from ex Olympic stock, drove to Stockport to buy some discounted plates from the potteries and hosted some memorable events. Only to be kicked out 9 months later by the landlady and letting agency. Turns out they only wanted people with laptops working there. It was short and sweet but a period of growth, memories were made with grateful support from friends and colleagues. Despite the eviction it was a jumping off point for doing my own thing where I learnt a harsh lesson that the early East London pop up bubble had already burst. Some golden photos from the time courtesy of @markarrigophotography

Sexy raised beds 🥦🥦🥦

Not cooking content but wait and see the transformation.. In 2022 we set about transforming our garden from a strip of concrete with two bare patches of grass to a functional green growing space 🥦🥦🥦 Pt. 1 Concrete seat and planter. I really like the rendered white walls you see a lot in Spain and wanted another material to balance out all the wood. The hardest part was coming up with the pattern for the block work which a mate helped with @strenghtoften

Introducing… Rudy (Lee William) Jack Born in Lewisham. 6th Feb. 2026 Welcome to the World (and instagram) little dude 💙💜❤️. #babiesofinstagram

We’ve been running Sundays at Studio Z for the past year, and with a new season beginning, we wanted to share a little more about this monthly pop-up. 🎶🥘🫶 These sessions are an opportunity for chefs and communities to host a day-long event, bringing people together to share a meal and support one another. 🍲✨ We’d love to see more chefs and collectives take over our kitchen! Autumn and winter slots are now open, drop us a DM or email us at [email protected] if you’d like to host your own Sunday Session. 🙌

One highlight of the Summer Garden party series with @eastendhomesuk and @morgan.stanley was meeting the MP for Tower Hamlets @apsanabegummp and learning subsequently about her role, challenges and bravery as an MP. With @montyreubenpaulw

Cooking for Pensioners Garden Parties 2025 edition! Credit to @eastendhomesuk for hosting these community events and setting an example for other housing associations. @morgan.stanley volunteers for making them possible. Special shout out to; @montyreubenpaulw @pintastic_selectionz @rubyoflondon @chefilycecily @moojevonscatering And of course all the volunteers.

Next Sunday @studiozbrixton - @gmascommunitykitchen fundraiser 🍳 ‘Cook the Ting!’ - Kitchen take over Sundays @ Studio Z on 21st September! ✨ Join for a day of Gma’s family Guyanese recipes, music and games. Entry is FREE however spaces are limited - RSVP today to secure your spot! Preorder available via Studio Z website 😋 💸 100% of food proceeds will fund Gma’s Family Dinners, where we bring together local asylum seekers for a hearty dinner and evening of communal joy and music - where they can eat, be seen, heard and celebrated! 📩 Everybody welcome! For those requiring a free meal - drop us a DM to arrange. ✨ Menu: 🥘 Mains - £15 Curry Goat Stew Chicken Dal (vg) All served with Guyanese roti, cook up rice, and baiganees (aubergine fritter) 🥧 Pastries - £3 Lamb Patty Cheese Roll Pine Tart 🍰 Dessert - £5 Vermicelli ✨ Games: 🎱 Pool Table 👾 PS2 🎲 Board Games 🎧 DJs on rotation! 🎟 Free RSVP in bio! 🗓 Sunday 21st September ⏰1PM - 8PM 📍Studio Z, 537 Brixton Station Road, SW9 8QB 🤍 You eat, we eat, everybody eats! See you there ❤️

Bodie appreciation thread - best dogg in the pound 🐶