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FH Food Assembly
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Re: Get fresh, organic, local food in Forest Hill

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Good Morning dear Locavores!

You have only one day left to place your order for the collection on Thursday. We have 11 orders so far.

Our Producers haven't reached their minimum yet.

Help the Baker, the Cake Maker, the Brewers, the Jam Maker and the Spice Man.

10 more orders for each of them or more would be great!

Be curious of everything! Support the local economy.

Order until tonight 3am.

http://www.thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49

Hope to see you soon!

Audrey
FH Food Assembly
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Hi dear Locavores,

You love the Forest Hill Food Assembly products, want to have them regularly but can't pick them up because you are busy?

Write your request/offer on the Forest Hill Facebook page to find a neighbour who could pick up your order for you or you could do a favour.

https://www.facebook.com/foresthillfoodassembly

Hope this can help.

See you soon!
FH Food Assembly
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Re: Get fresh, organic, local food in Forest Hill

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Hi!

The market is now open until Tuesday 5th May. It is time to have a look on our products catalogue.

For this new sale, we have a flagship product that you might have never eaten yet: the nettle!

Stingy as they are, these plants are nevertheless a gift to anyone who favours cooking with local, seasonal, fresh ingredients.
The flavour is irrefutably "green", somewhere between spinach, cabbage and broccoli, with a unique hint of nettliness: a sort of slight, earthy tingle in the mouth. If you like your greens, you'll like nettles.
The only barrier to enjoyment is the nettle's ferocious stings, but these are easily dealt with: handle them with washing-up gloves. As soon as they are cooked, they don't sting anymore and you can it them without fear.

Brockmans Farm gathers them for you and pack them into bags.
You could make a delicious nettle soup, nettle risotto with sorrel, nettle quiche with bacon, nettle pesto etc. You will find a lot of recipes on the internet.

Marsh produce inaugurates a new sausage made with nettle tips and mint that we are very curious to try tomorrow 30th April!

We will share nettle recipes on our Facebook page, so have a look and share your experience with nettles!

We also have sorrel, spinach, chives, fresh bunch garlic as new vegetables and beer, bread, cheese, honey, granola, seeds butter and pastas (including mushroom and parmesan ravioli)

Everything looking delicious!

If you love the Forest Hill Food Assembly products, want to have them regularly but can't pick them up because you are busy or if you want to help your neighbours and the Food Assembly, you could write your request/offer on the Forest Hill Facebook page to find a neighbour who could pick up your order for you or you could do a favour.

https://www.facebook.com/foresthillfoodassembly

We need your support and a little push as it is quiet at the moment.

Cheers!
FH Food Assembly
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Re: Get fresh, organic, local food in Forest Hill

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Hi!

This to let you know that we just added Emanuela Mansi's pasta workshop tickets. An excellent idea to learn how to make your own pastas. You will find two levels: a basic one for to make Tagliatelle, Tajarin, Farfalle, Garganelli, Orecchiette and Strozzapreti and an advanced one to make Ravioli, Mezzelune, Tortelloni, Saccottini, Caramelle, Cappellacci. Emanuela will run the workshop in June in her workshop based in East Dulwich at

Unit 10
Tyrrell Trading Estate
Tyrrell Road
SE22 9NA

For more details, have a look on the products catalogue here: https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49

If you are looking for a present or want to develop your culinary talents, go ahead, book your ticket!
FH Food Assembly
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Support the Best British Food Initiative and place your order before tomorrow night for the collection on Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 in the Railway Telegraph!

http://blog.foodassembly.com/…/britains ... initativ…/

https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49
FH Food Assembly
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Support the Best British Food Initiative!

We have loads of vegetables and meats, bread, beer, jam etc.

The cheese maker launches a new cheese called "bis": It is very similar to the french roblochon that we love so much!
We tried it baked in a Tartiflette with potatoes (optionally mixed with Jerusalem artichokes), bacon, onions, white wine and cream. But you can also enjoy it simply on a slice of bread! We hope you will try it.

Elvira, our gluten free cakes and tarts specialist, also launches the tart of the month: the asparagus and leek tart!

Discover all other products on our catalogue and place your order before Tuesday 12th May.

Invitation to a very local event:

SPRING FEAST in Dacres Wood Nature Reserve, 17th May.

Join us and meet Claudio Bincoletto, farmer, chef, forager and environmental expert, on his visit to Dacres Wood Nature Reserve, and share in an experiment in sustainable local production of oyster mushrooms.

NATURE WALK and activities for children, COOKING WORKSHOP (you will learn how to prepare a Risotto primavera and a Wild herb frittata and eat it on site! ONLY 20 SERVINGS!) and a FUNGUS WORKSHOP (you will learn how to grow mushrooms and will have the opportunity to take part of a OYSTER MUSHROOM PLUG SPONSORSHIP (Plug sponsors will be entitled to a share of any mushrooms produced – which can be expected to last from 2016 – 2018!)

Find more details and register here: dacreswood.org.uk

Spread the word!
https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49
FH Food Assembly
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The Forest Hill Food Assembly wins Best Food Initiative in BBC Food Awards

The Food Assembly picks up the gong for ‘Best British Food Initiative’ at the BBC Food and Farming Awards in Bristol.

Dubbed the 'Oscars of the Food World’, The Food Assembly received the Best British Food Initiative title for bringing communities together to support local food producers, and for its far-reaching benefits around Britain.

The Food Assembly, with over 700 members in Forest Hill, enables people to buy directly off farmers and local foodmakers, and were congratulated on its innovative platform that’s changing the way we eat.

Every week Food Assembly customers order food online from their local Assembly in Forest Hill, before picking it up at a weekly pop­-up market in the Railway Telegraph pub. All the food comes from within 100 miles of the area.

Presenter of BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme and founder of the awards Sheila Dillon says: “We really wanted to find out who the food heroes were in their neighbourhoods – anyone, any organisation, that through food was making life in Britain better.”

Each Assembly creates paid work for a local host. The Forest Hill Assembly is hosted by food­-obsessed Audrey Bouttier & Vincent Spehner who both love to share their passion of food with others.

Vincent says: “I am so proud and delighted that The Food Assembly has won the Best British Food Initiative. Not only has it brought a new access to local food to our family, friends and community, but it's also helping farmers and foodmakers get paid what they deserve for their work.”

People living in Forest Hill can discover their local Food Assembly here https://thefoodassembly.com/en.

The Food Assembly is currently expanding and if anyone is interested in starting a Food Assembly in their area, the opportunity to register is here https://thefoodassembly.com/en.

ENDS

Notes to Editors

High res. image available here https://v2-2.wikipixel.com/p/6G48pT. Contact foresthillfa@gmail.com or 07477 847356.

Launched in the UK in July 2014, The Food Assembly is the UK branch of a network that began in France three years ago.

For more information about The BBC Food Awards, you can go here http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latest ... ds-winners.
FH Food Assembly
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Re: Get fresh, organic, local food in Forest Hill

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Dear Members,

The new sale is now open.

We have the usual delicious goodies & now Brockman's have a Vegetable Box without potatoes for £8.20. Make sure you get your weekly Fungi with Brockman's Portbello and Chestnut mushrooms.

By the way, you are invited to meet Claudio Bincoletto, farmer, chef, forager and environmental expert, on his visit to Dacres Wood Nature Reserve, and share in an experiment in sustainable local production of oyster mushrooms. This will happen this Sunday 17th May. Find out more and book here: http://dacreswood.org.uk/

Have you tried Marsh's pre-flavoured chickens? Saving you time to think & prepare, these happy chickens will make you smile starting at £5. The sausage of the month is a tingly Nettle & Mint for £4.

Even if you forgot to order, please pop in during the collection on Thursday to let us know your thoughts on what you'd like us to do for your Forest Hill Food Assembly!

See you soon!

Audrey, Vincent & Olympe
FH Food Assembly
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Drum roll...

We have FRUITS!

Exquisite apples and other products from the Brambletye biodynamic farm: it is a beautiful biodynamic fruitfarm, consisting of large apple and pear orchards as well as redcurrant, blackberry and gooseberry plantings and laying hens roaming under the trees and fruit bushes.
The farm is situated in the High Weald of Sussex, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

For more information and photographs of our beautiful farm please visit our facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/BrambletyeFruitFarm?fref=ts

Place your order today or tomorrow for the collection on Thursday 21st May!

https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49
FH Food Assembly
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Hi!

The Forest Hill Food Assembly market is now open.

You will find a new marinated cheese from Blackwoods cheese: it is like feta but made of cows milk and marinated in a blend of extra virgin rapeseed oil and herbs. Excellent to sublimate your salads.

Don't miss Brambletye's apples and other products as biodynamic lettuces, juices, apple sauce and eggs. You have to know that the hens move freely on the orchard and eat the fruits that fall on the ground and bugs, and then fertilise the ground, promoting fruit tree growth. That explains why fruits and eggs taste so good!

Brockmans offers new potatoes and new greens as cucumber, chickweed, chicory and red battavia.

Try Kappacasein's Bis, a type of "Reblochon" that you can enjoy baked on potatoes or simply on toast!

Finally, Clarkshaws brewery will launch a workshop and brewery visit Sunday 28th June. The visit will start at 12.30pm with a tour of the brewery, a talk about ingredients, and then a tasting of a range of different beers. £5 per person. Tickets are available in Clarkshaws' product catalogue.

Place your order until Tuesday 26th May: https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49

We need your support!

Audrey & Vincent
- Your Forest Hill Food Assembly Hosts

Follow us on our FB page: https://www.facebook.com/foresthillfoodassembly?fref=ts
FH Food Assembly
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Re: Get fresh, organic, local food in Forest Hill

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Hi,

Today is the last day to place your order for the collection on Thursday in the Railway Telegraph Pub (from 5:30 to 7:30).

Don't miss it to enjoy fresh and healthy food and support the local producers.

See our wide product catalogue here:

https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49
The Clown
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Can we have this in Sydenham on another night I wonder?
FH Food Assembly
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Re: Get fresh, organic, local food in Forest Hill

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PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

We know you are all struggling with the collection time (every Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30) and your family + professional responsibilities. We often read or hear from you that you couldn't attend the collections because you were too busy.

At the same time, we would like the Forest Hill Food Assembly to grow and get more regular orders, so that there won't be any problem for the producers to reach their minimum and deliver the orders. In this way, everyone would be happy.

So, from now, IN CASE YOU CAN'T GO TO THE VENUE, you can call ON THE MUNCH - a delivery service - and say that you have placed an order at the Forest Hill Food Assembly and that you want them to deliver your food. They charge £5 per delivery and it is only £3 for the first delivery. Here is there phone number: 07961911673
You will find more details here: http://www.onthemunch.com/
This service is only available on Thursday for the Forest Hill Food Assembly.

Overall we highly encourage you to come and meet your producers as much as you can! This is what makes the Food Assembly so original & friendly!

Feel free to ask any question about the delivery service as we are well aware that we haven't given all details about this new thing.

Hope this can help you!

Audrey & Vincent
The Clown
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No excuse for a drink in our local though!
FH Food Assembly
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Re: Get fresh, organic, local food in Forest Hill

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Hi dear neighbours,

The Forest Hill Food Assembly market is open: we have new vegetables as broad beans, land cress and cabbage.

Try also the very summery elderflower and fennel sausage and the gluten free lavender and lemon cake.

We offer the excellent honey from Herne Hill and Nunhead and Emanuela's pastas, ravioli and cappelacci made in East Dulwich.

This is a small selection among more than 100 products!

Place your order at the latest on Tuesday 16th June. If you can't attend the collection on Thursday 18th from 5:30 to 7:30, you can find an arrangement with a friend or neighbour to collect for you or call this number 07961911673 to enjoy Onthemunch home delivery service: £3 for the first delivery, then £5.

Support local producers!

https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49
The Clown
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I still think I need to be enticed to sign up with the ability to see what foodstuffs are on offer.
I love the idea but the reality is that I wouldn't be able to get to the collections in time after work, so it would be a "special trip" scenario and not something I would really want a "login/password" for.
It would only work for me if it were actually in Sydenham
FH Food Assembly
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Re: Get fresh, organic, local food in Forest Hill

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Thanks for your feedback The clown. It is very difficult for us to satisfy everyone with the opening times: on the one hand, parents say it is too late because of their family responsibilities, on the other hand people like you say we close too early.

You could find a neighbour or friend who could place an order too and pick up your basket for you.

Or you could go to the Food Assembly in Nunhead ; it's every Sunday.

Kind Regards,

Audrey
FH Food Assembly
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Re: Get fresh, organic, local food in Forest Hill

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Hi,

You have two days left to place an order with the Forest Hill Food Assembly and we have just added tomatoes, red battavia, thyme, khol rabi and other greens to your delight.
We also have fabulous meat, bread, cheese, beer, honey, cakes, tarts, seed butter and granola! All fresh and local!

Think that, if you can't come during the collection, we can leave your order in the bar (if you collect it the same day) or you can call onthemunch for a home delivery service at this number 07961911673.
Vincent & I live on Cranston road and can keep your order for you if you can collect it on Friday or we can drop your basket off if you live in the neighbourhood. We are always happy to help if it also helps our local producers.

We will gather with other members for a picnic on Blythe Hill Fields this Saturday 4th July from noon. You are all welcome!
The festival organisers will sell raffle tickets during the collection on Thursday 2nd, £1 each, so feel free to come and see us if you pass by! Lots of vouchers, hampers and even a TV to win as a generous basket from the Forest Hill Food Assembly!

We hope to see you!

Audrey & Vincent

https://thefoodassembly.com
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