Green is a Beautiful Colour Project

Cooking Camp for Kids is here

Kristy — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:14:28 +0000

It’s taken some time to finally come to fruition, but Cooking Camp for Kids is being held at Sydney Sustainable Markets, Taylor Square every Saturday in March. We’re super excited that they are happening.

There are many ideas behind Cooking Camp but the heart of it is based on children, at an early age, developing a love and appreciation of cooking, the joys of local farm fresh produce and the value of sharing meals together with friends and family.

The camps are being run by a collective of wonderful volunteers and with a matching grant from The City of Sydney to help offset the costs and make the tickets very affordable.

If you’ve got 7-13 year old kids sign them up, put your name down to volunteer or just come along and watch.

Please send us an email to keep informed of possible future events.

A Classy Neighborhood Lunch

Kristy — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:50:41 +0000

Now this was an exceptional lunch.

Since a school is the hub of a community, we hosted this neighborhood lunch at Crown Street Public School to suggest how simple and utterly enjoyable it is to be outside and share delicious regional food together with our neighbors.

The Crown Street students helped plan the menu as part of the Week of Tastes during the Sydney International Food Festival, and the older students in the sixth grade class learned table etiquette so they could serve the guests at the lunch. Jeremy Strode and the folks at Bistrode helped prep the food, plan the menu and teach the kids proper serving etiquette. (The kids were all so excited for the important role they played and did an amazing job.)

Lord Mayor Clover Moore attended along with the many interesting people that make up our 2010 postcode, such as local business owners, parents, magazine editors, photographers, producers, lawyers, architects, gardeners, pet owners, and artists. The prevailing comment from guests afterward was (besides what a perfect day it was) how lovely it was to sit next to someone so interesting they didn’t know lived in their neighborhood.

Thank you to everyone behind the scenes who helped make the lunch happen and to those who attended as a guest. It was wonderful to get to know you all and to be part of such a special afternoon.

(photos by Michael Wee and 35 Mill)

A Classy Neighborhood Lunch

Kristy — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:29:14 +0000

We are hosting a neighborhood lunch during the Sydney International Food Festival 24 October 2009, 11:30 am.

Jeremy Strode of local Surry Hills restaurant Bistrode will develop a lunch menu with the kids of Crown Street Public School in celebration of the Week of Tastes. Produce will be sourced from the school’s organic garden and local farmers markets. Tickets are limited, bookings essential.

A delicious day at Corn in the Park

Kristy — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:20:34 +0000

Thank you to everyone who came out to support our first event! It was a gorgeous autumn day, perfect for eating a cob of steamed corn with friends outside.

Check back for our next project, we will be doing different events every 6 weeks!

First event announcement

Kristy — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:47:26 +0000

Invite to Corn in the Park, 4pm Sunday 26th April, 2009

We are very excited to announce our first Green is a Beautiful Colour Project event – Corn in the Park. It will be at Jubilee Park, Glebe from 4pm Sunday 26th April, 2009. The event will be a casual Sunday get together to eat some absolutely delicious corn fresh from Yuri’s Sustainable Produce (Orange) accompanied with fresh bread from Fuel Bakery (Glebe) and butter from Over the Moon Dairy (near Raymond Terrace) and wine from Peterson’s Vineyard in the Hunter Valley.

Click here for a map of how to get to us.