Village Raw - ISSUE 9
Village Raw is a magazine that explores cultural stories from Crouch End, East Finchley, Highgate, Muswell Hill and the surrounding areas. The magazine is created by the community, for the community. If you like this issue you can support the project through a subscription or donation. See the links below. The ninth issue of Village Raw magazine includes: DOUBLE TAKE - Noma Bar - the illusionary storyteller. SOUNDS FROM THE CITY, SOUNDS FROM THE SEA - Singer-songwriter Austel on her musical journey. MR TOMMY HILL KNOWS - A new project from the artist previously known as WILLIAM. THE COLLODION WAY - John Hoare and his 19th century collodion photographic portraits. WITH. NOT FOR. - Wave Cafe – pushing boundaries and changing attitudes. BRIGHT ORANGE TILES - Revisiting Hornsey Town Hall to see how the restoration is progressing. WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY - Planting trees for the future. PLANT POWER - The healing power of plants with Handmade Apothecary. A GREAT WASTE OF TIME - Creating a compost lasagne. THE NORTH LONDON CHEESE HUNT - Meeting the local cheesemongers and producers. AND MORE…
Village Raw is a magazine that explores cultural stories from Crouch End, East Finchley, Highgate, Muswell Hill and the surrounding areas. The magazine is created by the community, for the community. If you like this issue you can support the project through a subscription or donation. See the links below. The ninth issue of Village Raw magazine includes:
DOUBLE TAKE - Noma Bar - the illusionary storyteller.
SOUNDS FROM THE CITY, SOUNDS FROM THE SEA - Singer-songwriter Austel on her musical journey.
MR TOMMY HILL KNOWS - A new project from the artist previously known as WILLIAM.
THE COLLODION WAY - John Hoare and his 19th century collodion photographic portraits.
WITH. NOT FOR. - Wave Cafe – pushing boundaries and changing attitudes.
BRIGHT ORANGE TILES - Revisiting Hornsey Town Hall to see how the restoration is progressing.
WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY - Planting trees for the future.
PLANT POWER - The healing power of plants with Handmade Apothecary.
A GREAT WASTE OF TIME - Creating a compost lasagne.
THE NORTH LONDON CHEESE HUNT - Meeting the local cheesemongers and producers.
AND MORE…
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FOOD & DRINK<br />
THE NORTH<br />
LONDON<br />
CHEESE HUNT<br />
With cheese consumption growing<br />
we take a look at some of the<br />
local cheesemongers and producers<br />
– including a vegan option.<br />
Words by Katrina Mirpuri. Photos Mischa Haller.<br />
It was a sunny Monday afternoon in April when I found myself<br />
waiting to meet a complete stranger at Hornsey Station. I stood<br />
by the railway bridge with a few crumpled five pound notes in my<br />
pocket ready for the exchange - but it’s not what you think. Yes,<br />
it sounds like the beginning of a dodgy deal in a mafia film but<br />
actually I was there to collect something much stronger and just<br />
as addictive as illegal substances. Cheese.<br />
Word was going around about an independent vegan cheesemaker,<br />
based in Haringey, who went by the name of Honestly<br />
Tasty. Like many, the one thing that undermines my resolve to be<br />
vegan is cheese. I’d been experimenting with vegan cheeses from<br />
the supermarket but they weren’t cutting it so, in an attempt to<br />
reduce my dairy intake, I met with the owner of Honestly Tasty<br />
to buy some of his produce and see if this freshly made vegan<br />
cheese would be any good. It is.<br />
Studies have suggested that cheese has similar effects on<br />
the human body to Class A drugs. Cheese contains casein and casein<br />
fragments called casomorphins which are highly addictive as<br />
they attach to the same brain receptors as heroin and morphine<br />
in the process of consumption. As Dr Neal Barnard (author of The<br />
Cheese Trap) says: “They are not strong enough to get you arrested<br />
but they are just strong enough to keep you coming back<br />
for more, even while your thighs are expanding before your very<br />
eyes.” Nutritionally, cheese is still a source of fat, calcium, vitamin<br />
A, protein and B12. However, people are now consuming less<br />
dairy for health and environmental reasons.<br />
Vegan cheese sales are quickly rising and with regard to the<br />
planet it’s proven that a plant based diet has the biggest impact<br />
in reducing your carbon footprint. Whilst going totally plant based<br />
is too big a step for some, it’s important that we look at the greater<br />
picture and consider sustainability and ethics as a whole when<br />
purchasing foods such as cheese. Elements such as packaging,<br />
importing and animal welfare are all important factors when buying<br />
fresh produce.<br />
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