San Jose’s British population, along with local Anglophiles, can have tea with the Queen (in spirit!) to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee this week. February 6, 2012 marks the 60th year that Queen Elizabeth II has been Queen of England. Celebrations across the pond will include at least 4 royal garden parties, and English afternoon tea for an estimated 34,000 well-wishers!
While we can’t attend any of Her Majesty’s garden parties, teas, or pageants from here in San Jose, there’s nothing stopping us from having our own. If you plan a Jubilee party, consider re-creating some traditional British recipes that were inspired by royalty, like Queen Victoria’s favorite cake, Victoria Sponge, or a dish created for her own Diamond Jubilee in 1897, Cherries Jubilee. Specialty British ingredients and products can be found at Nob Hill stores, as well as the new Fresh & Easy groceries (owned by UK grocery chain Tesco), as well as the British Food Shoppe in Campbell. For more information about celebrations in the U.K. and Commonwealth countries, as well as San Jose's British pubs to celebrate in, click here.
Copyright 2012, Elizabeth Urbach.
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For more information:
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee website
Bay Area Brits Meetup group
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