Thursday 14 June 2012

Spotlight on Ledbury - Places We Love

Going for Gold: World Poetry and music to celebrate the Olympics is a first for Ledbury Poetry Festival! Never before have we had a world poetry event on this scale, bringing together 9 poets from countries as diverse and varied as North and South Korea, Cameroon, Romania, Afghanistan, Columbia, Eritrea, India and New Zealand.

And if you are coming to travel with us through two hours of poetic discovery and adventuring, I believe you need fortifying with equally wonderful food. One of Ledbury's best watering holes, Cafe Salvation is based alongside Posterity reclamation yard (which deserves a feature all of its own!) and it is one of my favourite places to hang out. Do make a visit while you are here for the Festival. It is a gorgeous cafe, carefully and lovingly decorated, with a great kids play area and a friendly, welcoming atmosphere. So we are delighted that Helen has offered to supply us with gold-standard picnic supper boxes to help make this unique event especially memorable. In her own words, Helen's cooking "takes a modern approach to healthy food". The meals I have eaten there included a wonderful samphire dish (a new discovery for me) and scrumptious spicy patties, as well as turkey meatballs that inspired me to spend a day cooking up tons of meatballs of my own, which of course tasted totally different and not nearly as nice! 

For our event diners can choose from a meat or vegetarian option which will also include a selection of Salvation's famous salads - 4 Seed New Potato Salad (with fennel, cumin, mustard and black onion seed), Turlu Turlu ( a middle-eastern ratatouille), Herb and Red Pepper Cous Cous, Mixed Green Leaves and a Seasonal 'Slaw'.  Order your box by Friday the 29th June to avoid food envy!  £6 per box.  Please inform us of any specific dietary requirements.

Visit Helen's great blog to hear about the new menus and to find out more about her approach to all things foodie, culinary and generally yummy!http://cafesalvation.blogspot.co.uk/



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