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eat/share/listen with Charlotte Brooks

Next up on my

eat/share/listen

Q&A is leatherworker and bag designer

Charlotte Brooks

. (You might spy me wearing Charlotte's handiwork

here

on Pharrell William's YouTube channel i.am.other!). Charlotte makes her handstitched bags in the UK, and they are gorgeous! Thanks for your time, Charlotte.

Charlotte's artisanal bags are handstitched

(eat) my fail-safe dish...?

Sausage braise with cider. It’s very easy – brown the sausages, fry off some lardons and shallots, then add cider, thyme, a bay leaf and garlic and put it in the oven for an hour. It’s delicious every time I’ve cooked it.

(eat) favourite restaurant/cafe/bar and why…? Juliet's Cafe in Tunbridge Wells – they have an amazing range of cakes and an extra big ‘cake of the day’ displayed in the window. Their lunches are great too, simple ingredients but unusual combinations of flavours. Also you can mix and match, so you can get a taste of everything if you want.

(share) can't get through the day without... A cup of tea and chatting to my Mum.

(share) recent inspiring find I've discovered online...

Spoonflower

– it’s a company that allows people to create, print, buy and sell their own design of wallpaper and fabric. I think it’s brilliant that there is a growing number of companies that are creating opportunities for people to be creative, whilst giving customers the opportunity to buy something individual.

(listen) a tune I turn up on the radio...

Janelle Monáe – “Tightrope”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwnefUaKCbc

(listen) a quote that resonates with me... I’m can be quite a worrier sometimes which can be a little stifling, so Dan Zadra’s quote “worry is a misuse of imagination” definitely resonates with me!

 

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