Tooting Foodival 2009

Last Sunday saw the second annual Tooting Foodival, arranged by Transition Town Tooting.  TTT aims to
“…bring together the people of Tooting and surrounding communities to develop a plan to transition to a life beyond our dependency on oil.”
Practically, this means lowering the collective carbon footprint of the town by encouraging greener modes of transport, food [...]

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Tooting life – The River Wandle

It is amazing what people do in their spare time.  Dressing in green rubber waders from the waist down, and a Stabilo yellow jacket from the waist up would not be my usual choice of attire on a Sunday afternoon, but this week-end many Wandsworth residents will be trying it for size.
The River Wandle is [...]

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Project Dirt and the Tooting Harvest Foodival

Summer may be over (I think I blinked and missed it), but grow-your-own continues to flourish in London. 
This afternoon I’m off to speak to Seb from Food Up Front for another City Bumpkin podcast.  Food Up Front is a brilliant project, encouraging people to grow their own food in their front gardens, back gardens, balconies, window boxes, wherever. 
Whilst I was pottering [...]

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Tooting Life – Pizzeria Sette Bello

Pizzeria Sette Bello is a more traditional Italian restaurant than Limoncello, in that it just serves pizza and pasta with a few meat speciality dishes.  But the food is good, inexpensive and tasty, so there’s really no reason why they should complicate matters any further.
There’s a great bustling atmosphere in this restaurant.  The service is [...]

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Tooting Life – Chateau Tooting?

Tooting has produced its first batch of ‘Chateau Tooting, Furzedown Blush’.

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