TUESDAY 20 APR, 2010

Health Food High
New foodie destinations to make this Summer your healthiest yet. Seriously.

Someone once told me that cravings have a lifecycle of 15 minutes; less than a mosquito, but ten times as annoying. It would be marginally more manageable if we craved carrots. But no, Britain’s national dish is a curry, confectionary comes deep-fried and the late-night delicacy of choice drips with grease on a rotisserie spit before being dressed up in mayo as a kebab. So we’re hardly rivalling LA’s booty-short, rollerblading health-food fanatics then (though we do a nice side-line in wife-beaters should the sun appear).

So why not make this the Summer of change and try to feed our insides rather than our cravings for once, starting with the Greaseless Spoon Cafe. Popping up all of this week, it’ll use Tefal jiggery pokery to magically health-ify your Full English favourites (complete with 3% fat chips), plus if you befriend their facebook page and request a reservation online, you can get your meal for free. Good for the waistband and the wallet.

Elsewhere, the East End’s Saf has just landed at Wholefoods in South Kensington with their signature vegan fare, ‘Saf-to-go’ takeaway options and a pretty amazing botanical cocktail bar. And if you’re going to wait to the last sunshiney minute to get healthy, you’re in luck too. Proud Camden is transforming it’s South Gallery into Proud Kitchen opening at the beginning of June, serving up fresh healthy food like scrambled tofu with coriander, sharing pots of Mussels, and small-eats like Hoi-sin duck at pocket-friendly prices of £6, £9 and £12.

Looks like health food’s 15 minutes of fame have finally arrived — now we just have to learn to crave it.

Info
Greaseless Spoon Cafe, Mon 19th — Fri 23rd April, 9am — 4pm, 7-8 Little Turnstile, Holborn, WC1 V7DX
For more information or to book a FREE meal at the Greaseless Spoon become a fan on Facebook: www.facebook.co.uk/nutritiousanddelicious

Saf at Wholefoods Kensington, 63-97 Kensington High Street, W8 5SE. Mon-Sat 11am-9:30pm, reduced hours Sundays.
http://www.safrestaurant.co.uk/kensington.html

Proud Kitchen opens early June 2010.
Serving food 8am-10pm daily at Proud Camden, The Horse Hospital, Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AH.

COMPETITION
Win tickets to Rule Brittania

Celebrate the upcoming St George’s Day in style at another of The White Blackbird’s stellar country house parties. You can sip from the font of eternal life, gaze in awe upon the perfect English rose, follow a colonial treasure hunt, visit a Tarot card reader, partake in a midnight feast, watch duelling businessmen and indulge in the bar that never closes — for those quick enough to book an overnighter. UJ have 5 pairs of tickets to give away to the event — so all you need to do is sort your travel arrangements. To be in with a chance of winning simply tell us: What makes Britain great?
Rule Brittania takes place on 23rd April at Stoke Place.

Winners will be notified by the 22nd April. Transport is not included.

LAUGH – Virginia's Monologues tackle fun at funerals, boring Britain and the glory of ageing. 6:30pm, New End Theatre, 27 New End, NW3 1JD, £12.50

MUSIC: – French electric popstrel Emilie Simon is back with a new album, Big Machine. 7pm, Jazz Cafe, 5 Parkway, NW1 7PG, £12.50

SNAP – Make it a lunch-hour to remember with Lomo's quick Diana+ photography class. 1pm, 3 Newburgh Street, W1F 7RE, £8

MEET – Todd Selby, who has shot some of the world's most creative peoples' interiors. 6pm, Selfridges, 100 Oxford Street W1A 1AB, Free.