Thursday, October 30, 2008

Your health starts from your kitchen


new cookery demo course in athy

Yuki kobayashi from Moyleabbey Organic Farm, whose organic fruit and veg stall is a regular feature of Sunday Farmers' Market in Athy, is starting a new cookery demonstration course in Athy. Yuki and her husband Liam have been growing organic fruits and vegetables and selling directly to the customers in Athy for the past number of years. 'We feel that the interest for organic food and healthy eating is growing all the time.’ Says Yuki. 'We grow wide-range of vegetables to meet the demand, and more and more people are trying new vegetables. As well as familiar vegetables and fruits, we have introduced stuff not so common in Ireland at the market, some are through Liam’s research and some are through Yuki’s experience in Japan. One of the purposes of this cookery course is to introduce how to use those vegetables and alternative ways of cooking familiar vegetables.’

Another emphasis of this course is vegan wholefood cooking. She will show how to create tasty,' satisfying meal without meat, fish or dairy, and common food allergen. ‘The idea is to offer alternatives to people.' Yuki explains. 'I pick one topic each session, the first one is rice. I will introduce not only how to cook rice differently but how to use rice products that can be used as an alternative to milk, sugar or wheatflour.' Yuki cooks meals for her family using such ingredients and she is convinced that their health has improved. 'I have always interested in healthy eating/cooking but it was when our son developed severe eczema as a baby that we seriously looked into alternative eating.’ She reflects. ‘We felt that there was nowhere we could eat out and nothing packaged we could buy. Since then I have researched and found out about food, cooking and health. I am hoping this cookery series to be a venue for not only cooking but also health information exchange.' she will combine her cooking and diet information with the oriental medicine point of view as she is currently studying acupuncture. ‘I am sure many people can be relieved from ailments by changing diet, but if you take out something you have to have something else to replace it otherwise the change won’t last. If I could offer someone something to make a change through the course I will be very happy.’

Yuki's new venture is called 'Moyleabeey Organic Kitchen' and the first session is on Sunday the 2nd November at 12.30-2.00pm. The venue is Healthy Living (healthfood shop) Yoga Room, 54 Leinster Street, Athy. For booking or more information contact Yuki 086 341 2006 or Helathy Living 059 864 1535.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Aye aye captain



North Barrow Branch of the Inland Waterways are holding their AGM on Wednesday 12th November in Purcell's Bar at 8pm. For those with any interest in boating this is a great place to meet kindred spirits.


Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Come Dancing

The Management Board of ARCH and Aontas Ogra are jointly holding a celebration dance in ARCH on Saturday 15th November to mark the 25th Anniversary of the opening of ARCH and Athy Youth Centre in 1983. Music and dancing in the old "Dreamland" style will be included. Tickets will be available next week @ €15, which will include a hot buffet, at ARCH and the Youth Centre. This should be a great night!

Monday, October 27, 2008

Make it Snappy


Athy Photographic Society are pleased to announce that their annual exibition will take place at the Library from the 6th of November for one week.

We are also pleased to announce that our now hotly awaited "Images of Athy" calendar for 2009 will also be launched at the exibition and that we are delighted to be donating a percentage from the sale of each calendar to the Little Way Cancer Support Centre here in the town to enable them to continue their services so get your copy early !

The exibition promises to be the best ever with something of interest for everyone, and for the first time visitors will be able to purchase the images throughout the event.

The Photographic Society meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month. at the Community Development Project Centre, Stradbally Road, Athy at 8:30 pm sharp new members are always welcome whether you are a complete beginner or a little more experienced, so come along.

Friday, October 24, 2008

SOUTH EAST LAOIS ARTS NETWORK



SOUTH EAST LAOIS ARTS NETWORK

will open the door to

A SERIES OF CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY DRAMA WORKSHOPS ENCOURAGING CONFIDENCE AND CREATIVITY STARTING ON TUESDAY 28TH OCT in LUGGACURREN HALL The Workshops will be facilitated by Clare Butler Graduate of Drama and Theatre studies from the Samuel Beckett centre Trinity college It is hoped to have 2 groups -AGE 5-7 and Age 8-12 (this can be extended on at a later date depending on demand and opened to discussion ) Enrolment taking place on Tuesday 28 th Oct at 5 .45 pm for 5-7 age group and 6.45 for the 8-12 age group For further information and to book a place contact 087 6729953