This week for our creative ESOL & Cooking class at Levenshulme Old Library, our student and dear friend Hanane kindly showed us how to make the delicious Messamen (مسمن), a traditional pancake-like bread stuffed with meat, vegetables and aromatic herbs. Hanane informed us that this bread is usually eaten in the morning or in the... Continue Reading →
When we do our private workshops we know our structure very well. We come in, make our coffees, set up the space. We unpack our ingredients, get out pots, pans and rollers, attach our badges to the aprons, place the water on the stove to boil and await the arrival of our participants. These actions... Continue Reading →
We thought we would share this lesson plan we have used about three times now with different groups. This is an all round lesson we have created that covers many skills. It works very well with group work and building conversation. More specifically for literacy and numeracy, this lesson familiarises learners with nouns, adjectives, verbs,... Continue Reading →
Last week brought us to the close of our intimate supper clubs showcasing our dumplings that we have been making with women from migrant communities over the last seven months. For those that are unfamiliar with our project, we ran monthly supper clubs from March - June alternating between Polish and Chinese themed nights. At... Continue Reading →
Just reading back on this again. This message is really important. We feel we need to shout this from the roof tops; to tell as many people as possible about this.
There is no English translation for Pitha, the women told us. The closest they could get was cake or pie but we really think they resemble a dumpling the most. At our June session in Levenshulme Inspire, We gave the floor to a group of women who agreed to teach us a kind of dumpling... Continue Reading →
Dimitra has been coming to our sessions since we started Heart & Parcel and loves cooking as much as we do. She moved to the UK with her husband and two young boys around 10 months ago. She was a hairdresser back in Greece and wants to continue work over here once she is happy... Continue Reading →
Dimitra showed us how to make two different kinds of parcels. Her husband really loves eating these. We have decided to show you just one parcel (Tiropitakia) and the filling as well but we will also give you the Spanakopitakia filling too so you can have a choice. Dough 500g Self-raising flour 250g Butter 1 pot... Continue Reading →
For our fifth session we were really excited to come to our local community centre, Levenshulme Inspire to meet women from migrant communities around Levenshulme. Inspire was a united reformed church redeveloped in 2009 to become a community centre owned and loved by the people of Levenshulme. It has a great cafe, business suites, spacious... Continue Reading →
One of our sides to go with our boiled Jiaozi at the end of the Supper Club was this salad. It is a hit with veggies, vegans and meat-eaters as taste is so fresh and tangy. We adjusted our flavours to fit a South Western Chinese style salad (like Thai cuisine, with lots of lime,... Continue Reading →
