Queen's Wood Cafe

21/02/2022

Rosehip + Rye
Come to revel in the Russian spring celebration of Maslenitsa!

​The Shrove week is all about pancakes, but there’s so much more about this ancient celebration than the thin crepes.

​Join in the feast of warm and lacy pancakes with a myriad of fillings, whilst immersing yourself in the gorgeous readings from Russian literature.
Take part (only if you wish!) in the pagan rituals from the in ancient Rus and hear the anecdotes and stories of the blin and its rebellious connotations (hint, blin is a swear word in Russian).

1 and 4 March, 7pm, £41 for 3 course dinner with a cocktail and canape (plus booking fee)
Pop-up dinner: Russian Bliny Spring Feast, Vodka Cocktails & Russian Literature in the woods
(with Rosehip and Rye) - if you could hyperlink the name so that it goes to our page?

Come to revel in the Russian spring celebration of Maslenitsa!

​The Shrove week is all about pancakes, but there’s so much more about this ancient celebration than the thin crepes.

​Join in the feast of warm and lacy pancakes with a myriad of fillings, whilst immersing yourself in the gorgeous readings from Russian literature.

Take part (only if you wish!) in the pagan rituals from the in ancient Rus and hear the anecdotes and stories of the blin and its rebellious connotations (hint, blin is a swear word in Russian).

Menu and how to book tickets https://www.eatwith.com/events/54308?date=2022-03-01

04/11/2021

A new addition to our menu - Chicken A la Kiev meatballs. And they immediately became one of the favourites.
Served with mustardy dip they are really moorish )

Come back next Tuesday for more!

Queen's Wood Cafe

04/11/2021

The wonderful ladies Rosehip + Rye

Delivery service Rosehip and Rye is brightening up diners’ Tuesday nights by bringing Eastern food to Muswell Hill.

26/07/2021

Tomorrow Rosehip + Rye will be holding a supper club at Queens Wood Cafe. They make DELICIOUS treats and dinners and I (Vicky) will be talking a bit about some of the ingredients and herbs that went into their handcrafted dishes. Book your ticket now and support local business (and delicious food) ☺️

15/05/2021

It is with great sadness that I share the News that one of the founders of Queens Wood Community Cafe passed away last week.

Wanjiku Kamau 1969-7th May 2021.

Words are hard to find to express the beauty and kindness that Wanjiku possessed. A wonderful, selfless woman with an infectious smile and tenacious spirit. Wanjiku had an energy for life and making the world a better place. Through her humanitarian work, she touched lives and helped so many. For those of you who knew Wanjiku, there is a memorial book and flowers here at the cafe. If you can’t be here in person we welcome you to leave a message or share any memories you have of Wanjiku here below, and we will transcribe them into the book

20/04/2021

Ban the use of pesticides in London (well across the world! But let’s start with London ☺️🌱🐝🦋🐞🐛

If you wish to take the action 'Pesticide-Free London 2021' please visit https://pan-uk.eaction.org.uk/pesticide-free-london-2021.

20/04/2021

We are building an educational space for remedial mycology shed and mushroom growing in our community garden, hoping to recycle all of our cardboard and some plastic with the use of beautiful mushrooms and create plenty of food from old logs. Free and low cost workshops for the public once the space is ready ☺️ Please help support our not for profit organisation by donating to the cause

DID YOU KNOW FUNGI CAN RECYCLE WASTE? Not just garden waste either but CARDBOA… Honor Pennington Legh needs your support for FUNGI SHED Recycling with Fungi

13/03/2021

Fresh spring salad leaves and wild garlic being served today at Queens Wood Cafe. Picked this morning. Can’t get fresher than that! 🌱✨

27/10/2020

The picture isn’t too clear but here’s a little experiment. Last year I interviewed Mashudu Takalani from a wonderful project called Earth Lore as part of an article for . EarthLore work with farmers in Zimbabwe to encourage seed diversity and traditional farming and ceremony with seed. Mashudu pointed out to me was that farmers had a different kind of relationship with seed, one particular thing that many farmers did was hold seed in their mouths, mixing it with their saliva before they planted it. I was having a chat to one of our volunteers and we fancied giving it a go...
Here’s the result with our radish seed, one side planted as usual, one were held in the mouth before sowing, no other different treatment was given. Can you guess what side were mixed with spit?! ☺️...the right side!...they’ve grown much bigger and stronger. We will repeat this next spring with some other varieties 🌱

16/09/2020

How should we eat to be sustainable, In a world where farming methods are not?

We need to know how and where our food is grown and thereby take more responsibility for the planet