I’m just going to say it: I think our Afternoon Tea was an excellent exercise and success in building community in Halifax.
It’s true that community, and opportunities for it, exist around every corner. It’s not up to other people to build it for you, but it is a joint venture that needs a ton of investment. I don’t buy this every wo(man) is an island stuff. We need each other! Let’s just admit it?
Women + Food = Community. Or at least it can, if harnessed for the good. In my time on this planet, I’ve found that women can either be the most constructive or destructive forces in other women’s lives. Which do you choose?
(In some opening comments at the beginning of our tea, I warned everyone I was a huge sap and infinitely cheesy. If you know me even just a little, then, none of these comments should come as a huge surprise!)
| Homemade clotted cream, lemon curd, & apple, pear, plum and ginger jam. |
| Lemon Curd. My new obsession. |
| Shelagh’s Vegan Chocolate Bundt. |
| Cranberry Cardamom Bundt |
| Chara’s chocolate-dipped fruit and cinnamon hearts. |
| Kelly’s Banoffee Tarts. |
| Honey Vanilla Madeleines |
| Eleanor’s Peanut Butter Chip Brownies |
| Asheley’s Chocolate Date Squares. |
| Kathy’s Dark Chocolate Almond Cookies. |
| Sheena’s Almond Cherry Chocolate Biscotti |
| A tea isn’t a tea without some sandwiches! |
| Just some of my lovely guests! |
Needless to say, we had plenty to eat! In trying to host, I didn’t have too much time to snap photos (or take 800 of the same dish, as per my usual routine!), so the above are the photos I managed to get in the time I had.
Interested in any of the other treats you see here? Inquire within and I can see about getting my hands on some recipes!
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A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who came. I hope to see all of your faces again soon! I honestly think it was courageous of you to show up at a stranger’s home, in order to meet an entire group of other strangers. I think many of us left this tea as friends – and ‘real life’ ones, at that.
Source: http://foodjetaimee.blogspot.com/2012/02/building-community-with-tea-scones.html
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