GOT ISSUES 8 For laid back lifestylers... with a sense of humour 2019

CBD is on everyone’s lips. Both figuratively and literally in many cases. It’s the hot topic up and down the country, from swish Harley Street clinics to the bottom shelves in Sainsbury’s health aisle. Following recent legalisation to open up its use for the great British public, many are saying their search for a miracle cure has ended. Or has it?

People are popping it, spreading it, cooking with means is you won’t have any effects like euphoria.’ • Topical creams, lotions and balms are it, vaping it, and even washing with it. Next to the Quite simply, it imparts a feeling of relaxation and typically made for local pain relief, working Peppa Pig Wellkid (is this marketing gone mad?) it’s calm. It can also be used to help skin conditions on the upper skin cells, and as such do not all happy hemp, CBD Daily, hemp hair restore and such as eczema according to Dr. Friedman, who enter the bloodstream. there’s a whole shelf of CBD bio food supplements, points out that the ingredient’s ability to regulate • Pure CBD oil and tinctures can be taken moisturisers, lip balms, body oils and soothing serums. cell growth, reduce inflammation, and stimulate sublingually (under the tongue) where the It’s said to help everything from Alzheimer’s to acne. important fats in the skin and sebaceous glands could help inform treatments for other skin issues, mucous membranes can absorb it into the There’s gourmet CBD popcorn butter, CBD labneh, such as dry skin and psoriasis. bloodstream within minutes. hemp salad dressing, Zip pesto, CBD gummies, and • Swallowing is the easiest way to ingest, forget Starbucks – why not add a little brightness to You won’t get high on CBD. Cannabis composes two main parts: innocuous CBD; and THC, which is allowing it to pass through the digestive your morning with hemp packed into your morning system and metabolise in the liver. joe. ‘Hemp dip anyone?,’ brings a whole new take on the vital ingredient for achieving an altered state of your amuse-bouche… consciousness. If getting high is your objective, then CBD is utterly redundant. MAGIC OR MEDICINE? WHAT IS IT, AND WHAT Given the number of ‘How CBD Changed my Life’ HOW DO YOU TAKE IT? DOES IT DO? headlines you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a wonder There are four ways to take CBD: vape, oils, lotions, drug. This popular misconception is easily understood In short; cannabidiol, or CBD, is a chemical and food. They all have different delivery speeds and says Dr Chin, ‘A lot of times people think CBD is a compound from the cannabis plant. It’s used in many vary in how long the effects last: cure-all, and it’s not, you should also have a healthy products including oils and edibles. It interacts lifestyle with plenty of exercise and good nutrition – with your body’s own endocannabinoid system and • Inhalation (in the form of a vaporiser e-juice) is CBD is not going to fix everything.’ according to Junella Chin, an osteopathic physician said to be the most efficient and direct route into and a medical cannabis expert, ‘CBD is the non- the body – cannabidiol enters the lungs and diffuses psychoactive portion of the plant, so what that into the bloodstream quickly, bypassing the liver. Continues on page 2

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THINGS WE LOVE in the sticks... THINGS WE LOVE in the city...

HOWLETTS WILDLIFE PARK ILLYRIA, UNITED KINGDOM BOOKS FOR COOKS, NOTTING THE ASPINALL FOUNDATION, HILL, LONDON CANTERBURY, KENT Described by The Telegraph as “top-notch outdoor theatre”, Illyria is a theatrical production company While there might be an abundance of book shops Howletts Wildlife Park is tucked away in a picturesque that tour the United Kingdom executing an dotted around the many streets of London, Books for patch of countryside just 3 miles south of Canterbury. eclectic mix of plays for all to laugh and love. This Cooks is a dream spot for those who like getting lost Howletts is a charity with a commitment to summer, Illyria will be performing Ali Baba and the in a good cook book with the hearty smell of home- conservation and runs in conjunction with The Fourty Thieves, Shakespeare’s The Tempest and cooking never too far away. Open from Tuesdays to Aspinall Foundation. Through breeding, education Frankenstein, venturing from the Cornish Land’s End Sundays from 10am until 6pm, Books for Cooks’ and reintroduction, Howletts expertly cares for exotic to the North East coast of Scotland, meaning there are kitchen runs a little differently from your average wildlife here in the United Kingdom, with an end-goal plenty of showstopping spots to pick and choose. With café. With plenty of recipes and worldwide cuisines of returning rescued animals to their natural habitats a full orchestrated score, expect dazzling performances sitting right on their bookshelves, staff select a cook in the wild. The wildlife park is an ongoing project of spectacular stage effects and wickedly dark humour. book from the latest titles on display, and after having where the animals really do come first and your visit A perfect means of keeping kids (and adults) amused a flick through the pages, decide what it is they fancy and the park’s dedication work hand in hand to enable with some timeless classics, sit back and relax alfresco whipping up that day. From French to Indian to Thai, their expert teams to save endangered animals. to some open-air theatre with a Pimms in hand and let you never know what you’re gonna get. Illyria do the entertaining. www.aspinallfoundation.org/howletts THE FRENCH HOUSE, SOHO, LONDON POPPY’S, HAMMERSMITH, LONDON www.booksforcooks.com www.illyria.co.uk A Grade II listed pub tucked away down Soho’s Dean A popular hotspot among London’s edgiest foodie TURNER CONTEMPORARY, Street, The French House is a building with just as bloggers, Poppy’s is a hidden gem in the bustling MARGATE, KENT much history as it has atmosphere. Once a hotspot Hammersmith. The setting is unique with an eclectic Turner Contemporary is a gallery that sits just off amongst twentieth century bohemians, artists and mix of taxidermy hanging on the walls, and the menu the sandy seashores of Margate on the North coast actors, the top-floor of the red-bricked building is now is equally eclectic as you can enjoy traditional Thai of Kent. A momentary home to an eclectic array of home to Chef Neil Borthwick’s French House Soho, food, the odd Malaysian dish, or Chinese dim sum. contemporary exhibitions, the Turner Contemporary where the soft chitter chatter, stripped burgundy is one the UK’s leading art galleries designed to walls and narrow stairwell are quite enough to take connect individuals with the intriguing links. With you back in time to 1950s France. Described by The an everchanging exciting array of extraordinary Guardian’s Grace Dent as a “likeably shabby French- exhibitions, Turner Contemporary is definitely a themed boozer”, Neil Borthwick’s perfectly sized, seaside spot for artistic expression and personal hand-written menu is an earthy mix of classic French reflection, a space to get totally lost in. cooking, creating a space where technology is a big no-no and chatting for a long-while about everything www.turnercontemporary.org and anything is positively encouraged. www.frenchhousesoho.com DIOR EXHIBITION AT V&A, LONDON Spanning from 1947 to the present day, this exhibition traces the history and impact of one of the 20th century’s most influential couturiers, exploring the enduring influence of the fashion house, and Dior’s relationship with Britain - a must see collection. PYTHOUSE KITCHEN GARDEN, TISBURY, SNAPS & RYE, NORTH KENSINGTON, www.vam.ac.uk WILTSHIRE LONDON Pythouse Kitchen Garden is an enchanting 18th Looking to take your taste buds on a Scandinavian Century walled garden, restaurant, bar and venue set journey? Look no further than a cosy corner tucked in the stunning landscape of South Wiltshire. Each away in North Kensington. Snaps & Rye is a Danish Saturday and Sunday throughout the summer season restaurant that serves traditional Nordic cuisine using you’ll be greeted by the wonderful sight and smells fresh produce, embodying a philosophical approach of outdoor cooking over fire – the star of the show at completely rooted in ‘Hygge’. Although difficult to Pythouse Kitchen Garden! Excellent homegrown and pronounce, Hygge is a term easy to resonate with locally reared ingredients are paired with some firm and translates as a concept central to Danish culture favourites from the kitchen garden to create a fun and that encompasses that warm, bubbly feeling of family-friendly menu that celebrates everything we contentedness we all know and love when enjoying love about the warmer months. good food with good people. www.pythousekitchengarden.co.uk www.snapsandrye.com 6 2019 2019 7

THE THE PRADA SOCIAL The RANT MEDIA CELEBS The day to day choices of top-drawer QUEENS celebs, like Kim Kardashian West (133M Instagram followers), massively influence the fashion industry. Their expensive Instagram is probably the single most powerful tool designer creations, trickle down through the for wannabe supermodels to influence our decisions fashion ladder to brands like Missguided (in and spread it like wildfire. Louise Roe (701k this example) who create cheaper versions followers) has sparked a whole new following with for the general public. We may think we’re her mini-me daughter Honor (you’re never too thin, steering clear of statement catwalk couture, too rich, or too young to be an influencer it would but follow it we do, albeit a dress with a appear). Trinny Woodall (436k followers) says, high slit or cut out midriff. ‘think pink to change your mood’ and suddenly Zara sells out of pink; and Shini Park (215k followers) quips, ‘don eyewear for the weather you want’ and Mulberry stocks soar.

‘You think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and select, I don’t know, that lumpy blue sweater for instance because you’re trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. But what you don’t know is that sweater is not just blue, it’s not turquoise, it’s not lapis; it’s actually cerulean. And that you’re also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002 Oscar de la THE Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves Saint Laurent who showed cerulean military jackets, and cerulean quickly showed up in SCHOOL the collections of eight different designers. And then it filtered down to the department stores, and then CARPARK trickled down into some tragic casual corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless Remember that 1990’s pashmina craze? Well, it jobs and it’s sort of comical that you’ve made a choice all started in the school carpark – posh mummies that exempts you from the fashion industry. When in ruminating over pastel pinks and blues, shooting avaricious stares towards the shahtoosh crowd. Ever fact, you’re wearing a sweater that was selected for you Then there’s the girl-next-door celeb by the people in this room, from a pile of…stuff’ since then it’s been all, ‘Oh I love your Penelope Chilver’s’ and, ‘Where did you get that fur pompom category, like presenter Holly Willoughby, So, the big question is, how do we choose what we hat?’ Hunter wellies and converses are invaluable (a who shop from the high street. More than wear? Has it already been chosen for us (trainers are safe fashion stake and comfortable to boot) and as once, has her outfit sold out within hours of only for the gym / denim on denim is a faux pas / no my daughter says, ‘knock ten years off you mum’. If in her TV appearance or social media posting. brown in town)? Are we sheep just following the rules doubt stick to the old classics – the little black dress or trend? And who are the big influencers? will always be a THING.

THE ROYALS

The royals are veteran clothes horses. Premier league fashionistas, with plenty of opportunity to show and shine: royal weddings, christenings, sport events, charity gigs, openings, closures and endless preening for beady-eyed paparazzi. The Queen always plays it safe: perfectly tailored Big weekend. Wake up late on Monday morning. Already too frazzled to attempt any semblance stylish perfection – a twin set or dashing frock of coordination yet alone a power ‘capsule’ wardrobe. So you throw on the first thing you see, without coat with a flash of colour that makes her stand a second’s thought, and hare out the door. out from the crowd. Eugenie and Beatrice seem to make their own rules. And fickle tabloids swoon between style Kate and style Meghan, If this sounds familiar, it may come as a surprise to learn the degree of thought that has gone into every who incidentally are both big fans of re-wear, ounce of textile on your torso. Meryl Streep had something to say about that in her role as fashion prima donna recycling outfits multiple times. A philosophy Miranda Priestly in ‘Devil Wears Prada’ adopted by celebs like Tiffany Haddish who loves to keep a favourite frock in fashion. SIMPSONS WINE ESTATE GIVESUS HISTOPPICKSFORSTILLWINES GARDEN OFENGLAND WINE GROWER CHARLESSIMPSON OF 8 Derringstone Pinot Meunier. or RailwayHillRosé or Rabbit HolePinot Noir SIMPSONS CHAPEL DOWN

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10 2019 2019 11 the allotment EAT wanderlust LET THEM BUGS Selfridges recently announced that they will be incorporating insect flour HOW IS IT MADE? into their everyday food items such as It’s easy to see why this new type of flour has been pasta and granola bars. An unappetising introduced, but one has to question just how millions of tiny crawling insects are actually transformed into concept perhaps, but insect flour brings everyday flour used for cooking and baking? benefits. One hundred percent natural, It takes over 1,000 house crickets to produce each packet free from artificial colours, flavourings of cricket flour according to Bugsolutely.com who state and preservatives. No MSG. Its high that the largest producer of cricket flour is Thailand, with a recorded 20,000 cricket farms (compare this to protein and low saturated fat and around 17,000 dairy farms in the UK). Clearly, crickets carbohydrate content make for a healthy are becoming more valuable than cows. cooking ingredient. After five weeks on the farm, crickets are harvested, dried, roasted and milled into a fine flour, which is The launch of the “bug bars” will follow shipped to the likes of Sainsburys, Selfridges and on from its decision to stock chocolate- Amazon. Interestingly, Amazon sells a 100g bag of covered giant ants in its hallowed ‘Crunchy Critters’ flour for £8.49 compared to £1.55 kg for bog-standard plain flour. So, critters don’t London food hall. come cheap. In their defence, Crunchy Critters say it’s not technically flour and should not be used for baking due to their ‘varying behaviours’. WHY INSECT FLOUR? The obvious attraction is the level of protein in cricket flour compared with your bog-standard WHY IS THIS SUCH A TREND? plain flour. Off the shelf pasta contains a mere 10 Insect munching has certainly grown in popularity grams of protein, compared to 18 grams in Jimini’s since 11.6 million people watched Harry Redknapp insect-enhanced fusilli. As well as minerals, amino struggle to eat this little nutriment in ‘I’m a acids, fibre, vitamin B12 and calcium, Jimini say Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here’. Growing that crickets contain twice as much of the ever- concerns around the sustainability of traditional A mile from the airport, the rusty arm of the signpost quiet on the western front today, following the brief Set in the heart of Kakheti, Tsinandali Palace was important iron than spinach. Is it time Popeye protein such as beef, eggs, pork and poultry, are points to Moscow. But we’re not in Russia. Well not Russo-Georgian war in August 2008, but a territorial the home of one of the most colourful characters in rethought his diet? What’s more, there are compounded by consumer demands for new anymore, or ever, if you ask the locals, who hold dispute continues… Georgian history, Prince Alexander Chavchavadze. over 1,900 edible insect species on Earth – a and innovative protein-heavy foods. Delicacies such as baked tarantula and chocolate covered their neighbours with unconcealed distain. Tbilisi, Born in 1786, he was an acclaimed linguist and poet seemingly endless supply of bugs. And what Interestingly, Shia and Sunni Muslims share the scorpions are also becoming popular although even on a sunny morning, is coated in austerity – the who brought European wine making techniques to better way to rid the world of mosquitoes? mosque – a rare unison in a world where religious I’m less convinced; reviews describe it as ‘sawdust- outskirts are a maze of grey concrete punctuated with Georgia – along with the grand piano, horse-drawn convictions more commonly divide. It wasn’t This craze began after Sainsbury’s became the first like’ and ‘smelling a little of cat food’. Another one great statues, cast in industrial iron. Elfish Georgian carriage and billiards. The adjoining hotel is fast always so. Georgia, or Iberia as it was known, has major supermarket in the UK to stock roasted crickets to try is pumpkin seed granola, made from ground script adorns the capital’s billboards and shopfronts becoming the hot new destination for sophisticated a rich history, visibly defined by the course of under the UK brand ‘Eat Grub’. Apparently, over 80 buffalo worms. like a child’s play-writing, an exotic pretend kind of wine enthusiasts. The main area is the library, a big per cent of nations consume insects as part of their prose that merely adds to the mysteriousness. Further her religion. The country became one of the first space filled with vintage European furniture, board into the city there are deliciously lopsided balconies, to convert its state to Christianity in the fourth games, shelves of yellow spined National Geographic, diet, where, surprisingly they’re even considered a delicacy. Not just in South East Asia is entomophagy cobbled squares with golden horses, wide Parisian century when a female evangelist called Nino and tattered old editions on everything from 1970’s (the eating of insects) accepted; many areas of Africa, ANY NEGATIVES? avenues, abandoned tram carriages selling ice cream (confusingly, also called Nina sometimes) crossed fashion to a well thumbed Webster’s Dictionary. The South America and Australia make it common and coffee, and an incongruent row of western shops the land, preaching and curing, converting the result is a contemporary Soho House feel where you practice. Is this what’s contributing to the rising Unfortunately, if you have an allergy to other insects, like Zara (does Zara get everywhere?). people from paganism. Today 88 percent of the can grab a corner with a coffee or cha-cha and read flexitarian diet? It seems a waste not to give this shellfish, or dust mites, it is possible that you could be population is Georgian Orthodox Christian and whatever takes your fancy. trending snack a try. allergic to crickets. Sadly, you may have to give these Tbilisi is a city of layers 1500 years old – made, ruined still practicing. Something of a miracle considering snacks a miss… and remade 17 times. What remains is from the mass can last for three hours with a strict standing- Back in Tbilisi, Meidan Square links a chain of narrow Russian empire and Soviet Union times. A mishmash room-only policy. lanes, during medieval times each traded in something of buildings, crudely built, often ramshackle and different: silver, bread, wine, or clothes – a multitude basic. Men wear the hardest of life on their faces Georgia’s wine production is a badge of pride. Dating of free economics that was set off by different bells for without appearing hard and women have a matter- back 8,000 years, the country has been recognised as the various Jewish, Armenian, and Christian quarters. of-fact air portraying a life lived day by day. Everyone the cradle of wine; central to family life and symbolic Above it all, the statue of Mother Georgia stands, to religious services. The country’s best wines come Rubies in the Rubble has been rescuing fruit in a pickle since wears a thick coat and hat: Georgia is a frontier land holding a sword and a cup of wine to fend off the from the Tsinandali Estate in the Telavi district 2011, making condiments with a conscience. Their delicious dominated by the cold corridor of winds that hurtle enemy and welcome friends respectively. Georgia is a roughly 80km from the capital. This verdant valley range of award-winning relishes, ketchups and mayo are all along its mountainous spine. country that wants to be discovered – her final farewell in the Caucasus hasn’t changed much since the made with sustainability at the forefront, from ingredients blessing (inscribed on the marionette theatre), ‘May The Bridge of Peace, an incongruously modern writer Dumas fell in love with its horse-drawn carts, that would otherwise go to waste, often for simply being the onions be your only cause for tears’ – says it all. structure over the River Mtkvari, was initially hayricks, winding rivers and rich cultural life. wrong shape, size or colour. Some say it’s a load of rubbish... sniffed at by locals but is now seen as a link between Where to stay: Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel in they take that as a condiment. old and new. A symbol of optimism. The scent of Georgian hospitality is the stuff of legends. Supra, a Rose Revolution Square, in the heart of Tbilisi, traditional Georgian feast, is a key part of the country’s www.rubiesintherubble.com progress is still fresh in the air; gas and electricity nestled between the beautiful Mtkvari River and arrived as recently as 1996 and you sense that social culture. Proceedings revolve around lengthy Caucasus, followed by a trip to the winelands creature comforts are a new arrival following the toasts given by the Tamada (or toastmaster) and their at the Radisson Tsinandali Estate Hotel. peaceful 2003 revolution, which marked the end of famous proverb “Every guest is a gift from God”, says a www.radissoncollection.com the Soviet era of leadership in the country. All is lot about their generosity. 12 2019

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