Picnic Platters... the director's cut

Today I made up 18 picnic platters for the members of the Charteris Day Centre to enjoy at the Eton Street Party, celebrating The Queen's 90th Birthday.

I also made a movie. Not exactly Spielberg standard, and the lighting is terrible (but approved by Environmental Health, so we're going with safety over style).  Enjoy...

Pork Pies, Vegetable Quiche, Van Strien Cheese Palmiers, Three Bean Salad, Potato Salad, Piper's Crisps, Snowdonia Black Bomber, Stockan's Oatcakes, Miller's Damsel Charcoal Wafers, Fine Cheese Company Rosemary Crackers, Chocolate Brownies made from Mortimer Chocolate Powder and Lemon Bakewell slices. All accompanied with still water, Luscombe Still Lemonade and Wild Elderflower Bubbly, and just enough sunshine.

One of the Best Delis in Berkshire!

It turns out someone, or actually "someones", think Tastes Deli is the best deli in Berkshire! Unbeknownst to me people have been voting for us in this year's Muddy Stiletto Awards.  Muddy Stilettos is the most successful and influential blog in Berkshire, Bucks & Oxon: the ‘urban guide to the countryside’ for urbane, intelligent, cosmopolitan, fun-loving women in the Shires. And they are holding a competition to find the best deli, beauty salon, art gallery, bar etc etc in Berkshire.

Tastes Delicatessen has been voted one of the top five delis, along with Cobbs (in Hungerford), Deliciously French (in Cookham), The Local Larder (in Wargrave) and Saddleback Farm Shop (in Brightwalton).

And now the is quest on, to find the best of the best. For the next week, voting is live on the Muddy Stiletto blog. So if you think Tastes Deli is worthy, visit the blog, enter your name, email and postcode, scroll down and select Tastes Deli (Eton). Votes are counted straight away and you can see how we're doing! Voting ends at 12pm on Tuesday 14 June.  Thanks to whoever the nominees were. I really appreciate it!