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Tips for Traveling with Tea

The dilemma for tea drinkers when attending a meeting – how to get a decent cup of tea.  I’ve run into all sorts of roadblocks: – No tea at all.…

The Strawberries Are Here!

Our friends were selling strawberries to raise money for their son’s band and I got a whole flat.  Eight one pound containers of strawberries up from Florida!  Now what?  Start…

St. Patrick’s Day Teapot

Happy St. Patrick’s Day.  Let’s celebrate with my little Shamrock teapot.  It’s even more special because it was a gift from a friend who went to Ireland and was (and is)…

Double Layer Brownies

Warning! These brownies are good enough to make you slap your Granny.  While that’s not a very civilized thing to do, they’re just that good.   So chewy and gooey…

Scones at Panera Bread

We stopped by Panera Bread and picked up some scones.  We tried Orange and Wild Blueberry. They look good, right?  Sadly, the taste didn’t match the appearance. The blueberry scone…

Afternoon Tea Cooking Class

My wonderful sister was nice enough to take me to a cooking class taught by CC Fridlin of Cooking with CC.  His classes cover all types of subjects but this one…

Happy Fourth of July!

Happy Fourth of July!  This is a special day for my husband and me.  It’s our anniversary!  A quote from Rudolph (the Red Nose) comes to mind, “Let’s be independent…

Chocolate Dipped Mandarins

We have a winner! I recently made chocolate dipped mandarin tangerine slices, and boy, was it a hit!  The sweet, slightly bitter chocolate and the juicy orange combine perfectly.  The surprise…

Cooking with CC

CC Fridlin teaches a variety of cooking classes and he has one coming up that you definitely need to know about.  On Sunday, May 3 he will offer an Afternoon…

Mad Hatter Afternoon High Tea

    March 28, 2015  –  We went to a Mad Hatter tea hosted by our friends at Piper & Leaf in Lowe Mill –  America’s largest independent center for…