{"product_id":"books-co-a-year-of-simple-family-food-julia-busuttil-nishimura-copy","title":"BOOKS \u0026 CO - THE VILLAGE - Matt and Lentil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn The Village , Matt and Lentil from Grown \u0026amp; Gathered focus on the life-giving value of cooking and eating with your village – whether made up of family or friends. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWholesome staples, like Kombucha and Sourdough flatbreads. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePickles and preserves, like Pear, lemon and chilli jam and Zucchini pickles. Delicious meals including Honey onion, buckwheat and lentil salad, Nonna’s leek and spinach fritters, and Pan-fried gnocchi, pea and ricotta salad. Desserts like Baked plums, sage and warm cheese, and Raw chocolate and espresso bowls. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA comprehensive chapter with practical advice on setting up a natural garden to feed your village will help you get the basics right: the importance of soil and sun, garden design, planting guides and projects, and natural pest control. The Village is about nurturing and being nurtured, by growing, cooking and eating together – whether it’s dropping a loaf of bread around to a neighbour, or spending an afternoon making a big batch of pickles with your mates. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is about food, but beyond food. It is for everyone who wants to embrace the fullness of life in all its mess, for everyone who wants to connect. Because we all deserve it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout Matt and Lentil\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are Matt \u0026amp; Lentil and we believe that health and happiness come from real, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.grownandgathered.com\/recipes\"\u003etraditional food\u003c\/a\u003e, a warm home and a mastery of life's fundamentals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe are gardeners, farmers, winemakers, writers, poets and educators and we love sharing our skills with you. We are the authors of two books, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/grownandgatheredshop.com\/collections\/books\/products\/grown-gathered-by-matt-lentil\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrown \u0026amp; Gathered\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2016) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/grownandgatheredshop.com\/collections\/books\/products\/the-village-pre-order\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Village\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2018). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe began by selling our produce to some of Melbourne’s top restaurants, encouraging chefs to adopt principles of local, real produce and sustainable farming and packaging. Since then, we have embarked on a number of projects, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.grownandgathered.com\/projects\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Produce Van\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, where we pulled our van up each week in the streets of Melbourne to sell our homegrown vegetables and talk to people about sustainability and natural food, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.grownandgathered.com\/projects\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Flower Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, where we grew flowers and traded them without exchanging money for a year and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.minimumwines.com\/\"\u003eMinimum Wines\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, where we’ve converted a 125-acre vineyard into organic, regenerative management and now sell delicious wines made to nurture both the environment, and the drinker!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe currently live between Italy and Australia, spending our time creating, learning, writing poetry winemaking and experiencing all we can in the world of natural food and life. Lentil loves writing and photography, Matt growing food, winemaking and design.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOOKS \u0026 CO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42337397932130,"sku":null,"price":29.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2672\/2026\/files\/3cc8ed1f-acf2-4f52-88b9-618557c2733e.jpg?v=1764247697","url":"https:\/\/makinwhoopeegiftshop.live\/products\/books-co-a-year-of-simple-family-food-julia-busuttil-nishimura-copy","provider":"Makin' Whoopee Gift Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}