RECIPE: The Digital Dinner Party (1st Course)

This Friday I hope you’ll join me for The Digital Dinner Party - a unique taste of The British Academy Virtual Summer Showcase, with discussion and delicacies aplenty. The live event can be joined via Zoom Webinar on Friday 19 June at 6.30pm, with the recipes available in advance for anyone who would like to ‘cook-along’.

For the first course, a welcome cocktail, I was inspired by the research of Dr Sue Miller, who has been using experimental archaeology to recreate the live sounds of mid-twentieth-century Cuban dance music. Her work draws together the worlds of Latin America and New York to create a sensory cocktail of sound - as expressed by her band Charanga del Norte, whom this cocktail has been named after:


The Charanga del Norte

A twist on a classic Frozen Daiquiri.
Super refreshing, zesty, lively and “slushy”.
Like the music, it has no edges, it envelops you.

Ingredients:
2 parts                Light rum
1 part                   Fresh lime juice
1 part                   Demerara sugar syrup
Ice                  Crushed (using a blender)
Garnish              Apple spiral

 Steps:

  • First make the Demerara sugar syrup

  • 200g Demerara sugar, 200ml boiling water

  • Combine, stir, leave to cool (2 hours min)

  • Add all the ingredients into a shaker

  • Shake until well-chilled

  • (Alternatively put the whole lot in a blender)

  • Pour into a large coupe

  • Garnish with a sliced apple spiral

  • Sip and listen to the track below

The Charanga del Norte (1) Photo Tasha Marks.JPG

The Digital Dinner Party
Part of the British Academy Virtual Summer Showcase.
British Academy Zoom Webinar | Online
Friday 19 June 2020 | 6.30 - 7.30 pm

PLAYLIST: Food For Your Ears

A playlist featuring Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, and others


This grey and dreary Thursday I thought I’d invite you to join me in a little audio feast… a sonic accompaniment to cooking, eating, writing or just sitting around during this isolation episode. It’s an unusual menu of songs, ordered alphabetically by food stuff, which includes some of my faves and ends on a sugar high!

Sending healthy vibes and antibacterial thoughts,

Tasha x