CAN I EAT THAT?

Curators

First Food Residency

Come try those things you never imagined you could eat! Try edible salted crickets and paint a tortilla with the extraordinary natural food colouring: Cochineal! Which is made from a special little bug that feeds off the tasty Mexican cactus: the Nopal (another unimaginable edible!).

Watch its red hues change with addition of natural elements like lemon juice, bicarbonate of soda and vinegar, magically transforming from orange to purple. An opportunity to play creatively with the foods of the past and protein sources of the future!

Alongside this, Phaidon will be providing a variety of lovely books tied into this theme for the children to read and explore. Join us for a family fun morning of storytelling and edible curiosity.