Wild Food Cafe, Sunday 24th June

There aren't many pictures of me on this blog, so here's one from the foraging workshop on Sunday. We're busy gathering lavender flowers, which we used to make lavender sugar. The sugar adds a subtle aroma to your home baking!

We gathered our lavender from three useful sources: The children's playground outside the Laban centre; Deptford churchyard; and Margaret MacMillan Park. One participant commented how fascinating it is to compare the different varieties - they look, smell and taste very different!

Here our foragers are looking around Sue Godfrey nature reserve, where we collected a host of different greenery for making 'German Green Sauce.' I'll upload the recipe in a later post!

We ended the afternoon at Cafe 465, where we prepared a lovely midsummer's lunch...

Sundown Schoolhouse of Queer Home Economics

Yesterday I was invited down to the Hayward Gallery on the Southbank. I was there to represent the Faeries amongst a wider group of queer folk.

We spent the day in and around the 'Sundown Schoolhouse of Queer Home Economics', a fabulous geodesic dome tent on the roof of the Hayward Gallery. The dome was created by Fritz Haeg, an American artist and Faerie who has visited our Sanctuary at Folleterre last year. The day of events was arranged by Paul Green of Avant Gardening, London's foremost guerilla gardeners!

We made a fanzine, heard some presentations and watched some fun films. I cooked up a big vegan lunch, which we enjoyed in the open air, and later we learnt to integrate Buto (Japanese performance art) into our home cleaning regimes - very valuable Faerie skills! :)

One of the nicest outcomes is that we have been invited to use the dome tent for Faerie functions over the next three weeks, whilst it remains on the roof of the Hayward. More info should follow shortly!

 

 

 

Wild Food Cafe returns!

I can now reveal details of the next Wild Food Cafe - see the listing below:

 

 

Back by popular demand, the newly renovated Cafe 465 will soon be hosting another Wild Food Cafe.

On Sunday 24th June, local forager Darren Flint will guide us through Deptford's green spaces gathering edible foodstuffs on the way.

Then we will return to the cafe space to prepare lunch!

We will have egg salad with German Green Sauce, followed by elderflower fritters for desert.

Bring a clean, dry jam jar, and we will make lavender sugar for you to use in your home baking!

The workshop will run from 11am-2pm approximately (details TBC).

A suggested donation of £5 will cover the cost of ingredients and use of the cafe space (including refreshments throughout the day). If you will have trouble meeting the cost please mention this in your booking, as there are other ways you can offer support. No-one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Space is limited and your place must be booked in advance, on a first-come-first-served basis. Please email dazflint@hotmail.com to reserve your space.

Thank you!

Cafe 465 now open!

Worth noting that the community cafe on New Cross Road (previously known as Come the Revolution) has reopened as Cafe 465.

The cafe will offer healthy, home-cooked food at keen prices. We will also continue to offer a bookable space for the community, and a rolling programme of events; I have been involved with the cafe since it opened last year, under different management.

Only time will tell, but we hope that these recent changes will improve the fortunes of the cafe, so that we can continue to offer a valuable meeting-space in the heart of New Cross...

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