An Afternoon with Mariella Frostrup & Belles Berry - Menolicious

Join us for an afternoon with broadcaster, journalist, and menopause-awareness activist Mariella Frostrup, and Belles Berry, chef, founder of The Great Taste Company and daughter of Dame Mary Berry, as they talk about their new book Menolicious, featuring over 100 quick, easy, and supremely delicious recipes to help ease key symptoms of the menopause.

At any one time, up to 16 million women in the UK will be in their menopausal decade*, and navigating the challenges and changes this brings. United by lived experience and a shared belief in the power of food to lift spirits, help midriffs, and give the energy needed to embrace the changes of perimenopause and menopause, Mariella and Belles have cooked up Menolicious: Eat Your Way to a Better Menopause, sharing flavour-filled, reinvigorating recipes to answer the dietary demands of this new stage of life.

Filled with accessible dishes designed to optimise your health at midlife, Menolicious is an essential new addition to your menopause survival toolkit. Every easy and nutritious recipe has been carefully developed alongside a nutritionist, to help balance hormones, boost energy levels, curb sugar cravings, improve weight management, promote better focus and mood, and help you to embrace this new chapter with confidence.

Expect protein-packed breakfasts, fibre-fuelled lunches, one-pot dinners, replenishing smoothies and juices, breads, snacks, and sweet treats. The majority of the recipes take 30 minutes or less from chopping board to table, making healthy eating convenient and achievable, even when life gets busy. The recipes will appeal to the wider family and friends too, Mariella and Belles devised each one so they can also be enjoyed with others.

Alongside recipes are nutritionist-approved insights into the positive effects of specific ingredients for common symptoms of menopause, and nutritional information including the amount of protein, fibre, and carbohydrates in each portion. You’ll also find guidance on steps to follow for better midlife health, how our dietary requirements change during this time, and advice on the optimum foods to include in your diet to help you thrive through midlife. It’s the cookbook Mariella and Belles wished they’d had!

We're delighted to be hosting this event with Mariella and Belles to celebrate the publication of Menolicious and look forward to welcoming them to Oswestry!

Event Format:

Mariella Frostrup and Belles Berry 'in conversation' followed by audience Q&A and book signing / meet and greet

Tickets:

£12 without book (admits one, redeemable against a signed copy of Menolicious) or £24 (admits one, includes signed copy of Menolicious)

Venue:

The Holroyd Community Theatre is accessed off the Gledrid junction of the A5 north of Oswestry and is sign posted off Station Road (left turn before railway crossing). On-site parking is available. The Theatre foyer has a bar where pre-event refreshments can be purchased.

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