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A voyage of epicuriosity at the school of life

By rkhooks • Sep 26th, 2009 • Category: Food events, Going out, Salad, Savoury, Workshops, london, snack

On Saturday 26th September 2009 it was off to the School of life in London where I conducted some taste experiments and cocktail & a canapé workshop as part of the Voyage of Epicuriosity holiday.

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Rising to the occasion: chocolate & banana soufflé

By rkhooks • Sep 14th, 2009 • Category: Chocolate, Dessert, Food events, london

I finally bit the bullet and decided to try and photograph a soufflé. Already not an easy thing to make, let alone simple to photograph. Basically it involves setting everything up perfectly ( I did a few shots before hand with a dummy soufflé), making more than one example and shooting SUPER quick.
Making a soufflé [...]



Good design at the School of Life

By rkhooks • Jun 28th, 2009 • Category: Biscuits, Food events, Going out, Other, culinary events, london, snack

500 biscuits to make for The School of life Sunday sermon on Good Design held by Alice Rawsthorn, Design critic for the International Herald Tribune . They weren’t just any old biscuits which had everyone at the Conway Hall, London on the 28th June 2009 munching.

Specially designed “digestives” or better “designtives” were mixed, kneaded, rolled [...]



Mash up II at the Loft

By rkhooks • Jun 24th, 2009 • Category: Cake, Dessert, Drinks, Fish, Food, Food events, Going out, Music, Salad, Savoury, Sweets, culinary events, london

On Wednesday 24th June 2009 I took over the Loft for another mouth-watering mash up. For the 5 course dinner I concocted a menu inspired by all things delicious in the garden.
T. Baas created a luscious table with his green garden illustrations and Jay-P accompanied the dinner with some toothsome tunes.
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Designtive

By rkhooks • Jun 21st, 2009 • Category: Biscuits, Food events, Going out, london

My whole flat has become a test kitchen. I practically live in the kitchen with cake tins, ingredients, pots and pans spilling over into the living area (the only cooking free area is the bathroom). I’m gearing up for two big events in London next week . One of them being my Mash up dinner. [...]