THE MODERN MINT BLOG
About the Author: Anthony Gallagher is the Managing Director of Easigrass. Under his stewardship, Easigrass became the first artificial grass …
Michael Pollan – Cooked
Michael Pollan, in Cooked: “As I grew more steadily comfortable in the kitchen, I found that, much like gardening, most cooking manages to be agreeably absorbing without being to demanding intellectually. It leaves plenty of mental space for daydreaming and reflection.” This post is about the Michael Pollan book Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation. In our exploration of gardening and how it affects our lives we have found ourselves reading deeper and deeper into the connection gardening has with food – so this Michael Pollan book seemed a good choice to read, and are we glad we did…! He looked …
Green Oak
Last week Modern Mint visited Terry Facey, British Embassy furniture maker and now designer and craftsman of Green Oak and Iron furniture. He sums up his new range as “simple, environmentally friendly furniture”. Terry has been selling his designs all over the world – and not just for private individuals. If you happen to find yourself in a British Embassy of some far off land, you may just stumble across one of his designs as for a long time he was a supplier to the Foreign Office. “I’ve been a furniture designer and maker for over 40 years, though I started …
“It’s Not Like School At All”
“It’s Not Like School At All. First You Get The Test, And Then Afterwards You Spend Years Findin’ Out How You Passed It.” Terry Pratchett, Wee Free Men We hope this inspires you to be brave and explore a craft – gardening, baking, knitting, stonemasonry, organic topiary – to just go for it, and put yourself in a situation where you have to observe, and think, in order to work out the answer. It is the best way to start – so go, now, and discover what you can do.