Talofa Lave … SISTER RASELA here to warm the cockles of your belly with yummy stories of food and fantastic-ness that seem to be abundant in this incredible area we are blessed to live in.

Last night was no exception in the ‘wandering happily around Byron looking for dinner’ game. I’d worked up quite an appetite having played some records beneath the giant fig tree in the garden of the Buddha Bar with 3 other BayFM DJ’s. SUNSET SESSIONS rolls from 4 til 10pm. Great little groove on a Sunday to keep you warm.

With belly stirring I headed for the Cardoman Pod vegetarian cafe at the end of the boardwalk arcade on Lawson Street. I love it there. Here’s another reason why – I came away with a heavily discounted meal. Heavy as in free !! Gotta love Byron for the wonderful sharing nature of the place and people.

As i drifted back across the road, I became pleasantly mesmerised by a young man with golden ringlets, standing on the street in front of my car strumming his acoustic guitar and singing his dusky little soul out. I stopped and listened to the rest of his set while I sat on the bonnet of my car, beneath the stars and ate my free dinner.

When he finished and after i had clapped at the end of each of his songs, I bought his CD in a show of support and admiration and asked him if he wanted to come sing live on this mornings show … unfortunately he couldn’t. I assured him that i would be playing his music on the show. The beautiful thing about this story is that i discovered only this morning, that he’s playing at WILD FOOD FEAST … which is what my two guests today are organising and here to talk about. He is KIT BRAY. Love him.

Tasty radio is what we aim to bring you every week here on belly and this week was no exception as we welcomed into the studio two estatically ethereal, honorary belly sisters who have a lotta WILD somethin’s going on.

Lealah Shostak represented the Byron Nature Conciousness today. Perhaps something to do with growing up amongst the billion shades of dense, rolling green-ness up there in the back hills of Main Arm on Grandaddy’s land, eating food straight out of the lush, juicey garden … and Grandad still lives there by the way. It’s clearly obvious that this young lady is an angelic gift to the world, radiating such purity and honesty in her gentle quest to live respectfully and peacefully with our Earth and rubbing a bit of sparkle off on each of us lucky people who come in contact with her. Go Lealah !!

Sofi Asha on the otherfoot, comes from an urban sanctuary in shining Sydney. Refined, graceful and armed with a wicked recipe on how to turn a milk crate into a funky little garden, the other half of the initial collaboration for WILD FOOD FEAST has also just finished studying Permaculture and thought … ‘Hey, why not start a community garden – the FIRST i might add – in Byron’. I don’t think that a think lasts long in this young lady’s head before it’s an action. Go Sofi !!

You know Mitre 10 on the bend of Johnson Street up there heading South out of town ? There’s a carpark just before it that leads to and runs along beside the sadly neglected and disused railway line. From what i can gather, the new community garden must be there. Just head there, i have a feeling you won’t miss it … or want to.

This is also the ‘venue’ for their “WILD FOOD FEAST”.

Commencing at MIDDAY it’ll sail through til 5PM on SUNDAY 15TH JULY.

Music to feed your soul will be heard from –

KINDLING (three pieces of Kooii)

KIT BRAY (The Time He Waits is the EP of his i bought last night)

LIFE LINE (Winners of Bulesfest Youth competition)

POTATO POTATO (also headlined in youth competition at Bluesfest)

There will be WILD workshops with Peter Hardwick who’s going to be taking strolls with anyone who wants to go with him, around the urban streets of Byron hunting for WILD food. Teaching us that there is an abundance of natural FOOD around us at all times …. we just don’t know it ! Take a tiki tour of the WILD kind and FEAST on nature with Peter.

All proceeds will go towards buying new solar panels for the community space of the Mullum Civic Hall a current project of the Byron Nature Conciousness (the local youth run non-profit environmental group).

The Byron Youth Nature Conciousness and the Byron Movement are holding the community event and the afternoon is going to be packed with so much deliciousness. Enter the raffles with wicked prizes, guzzle some chai to help you chat faster so that you can fit in all the amazing conversations you are going to have if you go. There’s going to be all these great local musicians, WILD food tastings, friends and family … sounds super yummy on a Sunday !!!

This project has also been given a small change grant from the Byron Shire Council. Thank you !!

To find out more about this event so you can get yo sexy ass down there go to their facebook event page WILD FOOD FEAST or just go !!!

dO It Do iT

xxr