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Five minutes with Dorothy Barrick words and photography by Dorothy Barrick
HOW I GOT HERE: I started Dotscookin on arrival in London almost 4 years ago. After having worked in fashion for over 20 years, I was ready for something new. I left home at 16 to model and have been throwing dinner parties ever since, and obsessively cooking from every cookbook I own. We spent a year on the southwest coast of France before moving here (while it rained almost every day) and I catered a couple jobs for my partner who is a photographer. I also took a few courses in raw food cooking. At the same time, my partner who has Ankylosing Sponilitis was told to stay away from gluten so I spent days tinkering with alternative gluten-free flours and coming up with new ideas and recipes. When we arrived in London, I started catering larger parties for 50 people and over but quickly realised that with a small child, the weekday/late night hours were not going to work. I then met my friend Stephanie Ridley and we started Fig & Bloom, which we still run corporate workshops through, but Dotscookin is now my main focus. MY MISSION: I want to show how people can have fun with their food again, to inspire them in finding the tastiest, prettiest produce and raw materials. My focus has shifted recently though and sustainability has become a huge theme for me personally and I would love to teach and inspire people to shift their way of thinking, and living to a much lower waste/less plastic, more local lifestyle. I believe if we are excited and interested in where our food comes from, so will our children and future generations! MY ADVANTAGE: I am 10 years older and wiser? Ha! Let’s see, I am self-taught and have spent hours, years and unlimited time in the kitchen making so many mistakes.
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