Sharing Plates with: Ifeyinwa Frederick at Chuku’s
TALKS Cecilia McCormick TALKS Cecilia McCormick

Sharing Plates with: Ifeyinwa Frederick at Chuku’s

Chuku’s may be London’s first Nigerian tapas restaurant, but it has always been about more than just food. Sibling duo Ifeyinwa and Emeka Frederick have built an immersive experience: a cultural portal to Lagos in Nigeria via Tottenham in London, England. 

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Object Recipes: Bold Kitchen
TALKS Cecilia McCormick TALKS Cecilia McCormick

Object Recipes: Bold Kitchen

When I design, the first thing I consider is how your senses relate to the object; stimulation has to follow function. Bold Kitchen is a collection of plates and bowls, designed for food storage, preparation and serving.

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Sharing Plates with: Shuko Oda at Koya
TALKS Cecilia McCormick TALKS Cecilia McCormick

Sharing Plates with: Shuko Oda at Koya

Koya, which means hut or little house in Japanese, is a fittingly and perfectly sized restaurant space on Frith Street in Soho, which specialises in the best udon noodle dishes; an ‘udon-ya’.

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Object Recipes: Casserole Pan
TALKS Cecilia McCormick TALKS Cecilia McCormick

Object Recipes: Casserole Pan

There is something about a humble yet nutritious seasonal veg stock simmering away in this elegant pan that gives me an unexplained feeling that everything is going to be alright that week…

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Object Recipes: Bean Stringer
TALKS Cecilia McCormick TALKS Cecilia McCormick

Object Recipes: Bean Stringer

My mum gave me this bean stringer when I first moved to London, years ago. It's a funny little gadget - trims and strings your beans in one swift pull…

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Object Recipes
TALKS Cecilia McCormick TALKS Cecilia McCormick

Object Recipes

At Plate Talks, in keeping with our plate designs, we have begun a new series of stories called 'Object Recipes' that are designed to explore and celebrate the object culture in cooking, eating and sharing food.

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Holly O’Neil on “Home”
TALKS Cecilia McCormick TALKS Cecilia McCormick

Holly O’Neil on “Home”

Holly O’Neil is an illustrator and creative sharing her time between London, and Bahrain where her family live. Here, through beautiful words and illustrations, and a recipe from her grandfather, she documents the plurality of her notion of home…

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Plate Talks Events 1 & 2
TALKS Cecilia McCormick TALKS Cecilia McCormick

Plate Talks Events 1 & 2

In response to my desire to nurture commensality (the act of sharing food) amongst strangers, I founded Plate Talks, a project which uses the social role of communal dining as a tool for breaking boundaries and initiating new conversations.

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Amorous Gastronomy
TALKS Cecilia McCormick TALKS Cecilia McCormick

Amorous Gastronomy

While the old proverb states that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, in this day and age this old-fashioned stereotype can most definitely be extended to the idea that food is the way to most peoples hearts…

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Balabousta
TALKS Cecilia McCormick TALKS Cecilia McCormick

Balabousta

They say that 'food is love', and in the context of the Jewish tradition this is certainly true. Just think about the typical 'balabousta' - the Jewish mother- who is a brilliant homemaker, matriarch, provider of unasked for advice and opinions, and incredible Friday night dinners…

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