Journalist Claudia Romeo of Food Insider meets Jean-Yves Bordier – proprietor of St Malo’s Le Beurre Bordier where traditional 19th century butter-making methods are king.
Hand-kneading, finger-slicing and the use of the wooden malaxage wheel.
Kinky.
The time-consuming, meditative, deeply relaxing-to-observe process of traditional Chinese paper making, demonstrated by Chinese blogger Li Ziqi: everything from cutting trees, stripping, drying and rehydrating bark, boiling, mashing it into a paste, and setting it into a form to create the final sheet.
Do you like the Palestinian Oud music?
You do?
Orla Smith writes:
Le Trio Joubran is a Palestinian oud trio formed of three brothers – Samir, Wissam and Adnan – originally from Nazareth and now touring and performing worldwide, along with master percussionist Youssef Hbeisch.. Hearing is believing. Quite simply, Le Trio Joubran is one of the most exciting instrumental groups in the world.
Tuesday 9th June, 8pm.
Tickets available from the National Concert Hall
Previously: Do You Like The Malian Music?
What!?
No spoons?
A trivia-packed vertical diagram presenting aspects of Irish traditional music and instrumentation from 500BC to the present day, created by heritage retailer Paul Murphy producing “products made in Ireland”.
*prods uilleann*
Taken ‘some time ago at Londis, St. Stephen’s Green.
(Thanks David Stonge)
