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Here’s a talk made for us at TrashBlanc.com. On Thursday 31st July the ICA poses the question of why it’s so hard to ship fresh English lettuce into E1.
The blurb:
Leila McAlister of Leila’s Shop will pose questions about why, from her position in central London, E1, it is so complicated to stock certain ‘normal’ things, […]

FACT! £20bn of wasted food goes down the swanee every 365 days in the UK. On wasted food. That’s according to this three month old report in the Independent.
There’s lots wrong with food in Britain right now, from battery operated chicken to Gordon Ramsey’s utterly inconceivable ubiquity. But surely none of these issues come close […]

Midnight on Saturday night and TrashBlanc needed sustenance before hitting GaryVee’s ridiculous wine party. Nowhere better than Torchy’s Tacos. A local mini-chain by all accounts but with more than a dollop of character.
One of the great things about the food in and around SXSW is that it’s traded in US dollars, and when you earn […]

It took TrashBlanc.com 24 hours in Austin to get our first proper sit-down meal. It was worth it. A hop skip and a quick jump under I-35 from the Austin Convention centre had us at Progress. Nothing super fancy, but some interesting taste marriages going on. Asian/southern/organic/bicycle mix. And it worked. TB went for the […]