It’s almost spring?! One hopes.
Everyone’s going Mad Hatter mad and there are a ton of Alice in Wonderland themed events going on around London this week.
Of the foodie variety, there are of course tea parties:
- The much talked about rainbow sandwich bonanza at the Sanderson
- and the more traditional Wonderland tea (of the G & Tea, depending on your own personal preference) at the Langham
Other Alice-themed events here.
Saturday:
Farmers markets: Acton, Ealing, Notting Hill, Pimlico Road, Twickenham, Wimbledon Park
ACTON
9am – 1pm
Location: Public square on Acton High Street / King Street
Tube: Acton Town & Ealing Common
EALING
9 am – 1pm
Leeland Rd, West Ealing
Rail: West Ealing
Buses 207, 607, 208, E8, 83
NOTTING HILL
9am – 1pm
Car park behind Waterstones, access via Kensington Place
Tube: Notting Hill Gate
Buses: 12, 27, 28, 52, 70, 94, 328.
PIMLICO ROAD
9am – 1pm
Orange Square, corner of Pimlico Road and Ebury St,
Tube: Sloane Square
Buses 211, 11 & 239
TWICKENHAM
9am – 1pm
Holly Road Car Park, Holly Rd, off King St, Twickenham TW1
Rail: Twickenham
Buses: 33 490 H22 R68 R70
WIMBLEDON PARK
9am – 1pm
Wimbledon Park First School, Havana Road
Tube: Wimbledon Park
Buses: 156
According to the London Farmers Market association, it is peak season for:
Lots of lovely root veggies, plus brassicas from January King to purple sprouting broccoli to roast, steam, mash, make into soups, stews, & pies. Carrots, fennel, celery, celeriac, plenty of new season apples and pears, wild mushrooms, marrows, winter salad leaves. It’s the peak of the game season – pheasant, partridge, wild duck and goose, pigeon, hare, venison. Fresh fish and shellfish- oysters, clams cockles, dover sole, brill, turbot, dab, huss, plaice, cod, crab & lobster.
Search S&H for ideas and recipes with the above seasonal ingredients.
Farmers markets: Blackheath, Clapham, Islington, Marylebone, Queens Park, Walthamstow
BLACKHEATH
10am – 2pm
Blackheath Rail Station Car Park, 2 Blackheath Village
Rail: Blackheath
Buses: 54, 89, 108, 202, 380.
CLAPHAM
10 am – 2pm
Bonneville Primary School, Bonneville Gardens SW4
Tube: Clapham South Tube
ISLINGTON
10am – 2pm
William Tyndale School
Richmond Grove N1
Just behind Islington Town Hall on Upper St
Buses 43, 30.
MARYLEBONE
10am – 2pm
Cramer Street Car park, Just off Marylebone High Street
Tube: Baker Street or Bond Street
PECKHAM
9.30am – 1.30pm
Peckham Square, Peckham High Street
Buses: 12, 36, 171, 345
Rail: Peckham Rye or Queens Road
QUEENS PARK
10am – 2pm
Location: Salusbury Primary School, Salusbury Road
Tube/Rail: Queens Park, Brondesbury Park
WALTHAMSTOW
10am – 2pm
Town Square by Selbourne Walk Shopping Centre, off the High Street, Walthamstow E17
Tube: Walthamstow Central
Also:
Indulge in guilty pleasures (ahem, Come Dine with Me). Apparently, it’s a social phenomenon so it’s okay.
Go to the East Festival – on Saturday, there is an Indian cooking class among many other amazing things. Time Out feature here.