Get togethers: the warehouse project - in pictures

Special guest Mouse the whippet arrives at the warehouse space in Hackney Wick Photograph: Michael Thomas Jones

"I'm a hair colour technician and, after 14 years in the job, I have lots of clients I enjoy chatting to...I wanted to get some of these women together over our shared passions of food, wine and music, which we did at my artist client Annie's warehouse in Hackney Wick, London. There were lots of highlights, in more ways than one," said host Felicia Kozak (centre). Photograph: Michael Thomas Jones

Preparation of purple kale for Felicia's mussels in coconut milk and tamarind recipe. Photograph: Michael Thomas Jones

Tinned foods hold up a record player while Freddie the spaniel begs for soda bread. Photograph: Michael Thomas Jones

Danielle's pork belly cooked with fennel and white wine. Photograph: Michael Thomas Jones

Annie's soda bread and the finished product of Felicia's mussels. Photograph: Michael Thomas Jones

"I buy fresh mussels from Broadway Market, where I work in east London, at least once a week, but the traditional mariniere sauce is very rich and heavy in dairy," says Felicia. "I've developed a healthier alternative with coconut milk, tamarind and saffron, and use leeks and cavolo nero or purple kale as a sofrito base instead of onions and celery..." Photograph: Michael Thomas Jones

"We all brought bottles of our favourite wines; I chose a primitivo from Puglia in Italy and someone else brought a Gruner Veltliner from Austria, to name just two." Photograph: Michael Thomas Jones

"We're all hopeless romantics and inclined towards gluttony. Our conversations invariably drift into what or where we've eaten recently, and what we've been listening to." Photograph: Michael Thomas Jones

Left: Mouse the whippet begs for cheese. Right: the finished avocado ganache torte, topped with fresh raspberries. Photograph: Michael Thomas Jones

"We talked about films that we'd seen of late, including the divisive new Scarlett Johansson movie set in Glasgow, and the music we were playing, which was as eclectic as the food spread." Photograph: Michael Thomas Jones

"We spun everything from reggae to soul to the occasional Roy Orbison tune. One guest was the lead singer of a well-known punk band in the 1970s, so she regaled us with tales..." Photograph: Michael Thomas Jones