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Knitted Italian restaurant opens in London's Soho

Kate's Knitalian at Soho's Air Contemporary gallery offers more than a hundred new textile artworks and two sittings a day; the pizza box is real cardboard.

On air: Gloria Vance on BBN After Hours
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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA restaurant opened in Soho where every dish is knitted.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt's called Kate's Knitalian, and it runs at the Air Contemporary gallery until the fifth of December.

  3. Octavia BrennickI adore it. Spaghetti in tangled bowls, ravioli, lasagne, even tins of tuna. Wool has finally got a menu.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThere are more than a hundred new textile works, and two sittings a day. Londonist reports the pizza has crocheted anchovies.

  5. Octavia BrennickCrocheted. Not knitted. People mix those up, and I did that one myself. Well, my team did, but I watched.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe pizza is served in a cardboard box. Londonist says visitors can see it that way.

  7. Octavia BrennickYes, the box is gorgeous.

  8. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt's also the only item on that table that is what it says it is. A statesman would call that a precedent.

  9. Octavia BrennickGloria, you're ruthless. Anyway, my new project is a knitted cooking show called Stitch Kitchen.

  10. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSo what do you cook?

  11. Octavia BrennickNothing. Everything is wool, so the audience gets to imagine the taste. We tested it with a hundred cousins.

  12. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorLet me ask directly. Can you knit?

  13. Octavia BrennickAt a professional level, in spirit. In my defense, the needle is very orange and people notice it.

  14. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat wasn't my question. Can you knit?

  15. Octavia BrennickNo. I've never finished a row. I did that sweater myself, and by myself I mean eleven women in Leeds.

  16. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThank you for your candour. A lightning round. Pizza or lasagne?

  17. Octavia BrennickLasagne. It has layers.

  18. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAperol or tuna?

  19. Octavia BrennickAperol. Both are knitted, but one comes with an orange.

  20. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorLast question. Which dish on that menu is the real thing?

  21. Octavia BrennickThe pizza box, obviously, and I made that one myself. Okay, I bought it. It was four dollars.

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  3. Harry Kane wins the Ballon d'Or in London · BBC
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