Foods and Candies
Foods and candies for tea time (both British and other), recipes (with or without tea) original to author.
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How Do You Bake Your Scones?
Scones are a top tea time treat. They are the heart and soul of a “cream tea” that features them along with clotted cream and fruit preserves (often raspberry or blackcurrant). They are also part of breakfast for many of us and have even been known to show up for lunch, dinner, and that all… Continue reading
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Tea Elegance on a Budget, Part Two
What a wonderful feeling to face the day with a hot cup of tea warming your hands. You are sure to cherish the memories of friends, food and tea all wrapped up in an elegant party. You have done your prep work and today, the day of the event, you know you can remain calm… Continue reading
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Tea Doughnuts
The warm embrace of your tea creates visions of cakes, scones and pastries dancing through your mind. Whether you’re a Queen or simply your average tea lover, I am sure on a few occasions you have indulged in this wonderful marriage of food and drink. Putting tea in your food will help to enunciate the… Continue reading
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Tea Is a Trifling Matter
No, you didn’t read that wrong. Tea is a trifling matter, but only when it is served with that totally decadent dessert called “Trifle.” In fact, trifle at tea time is becoming quite a standard. So, what is trifle and what teas pair best with it? Easily asked and answered. Trifle is basically a dessert… Continue reading
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Cooking with Tea: Blancmange
As it did with so many young girls, the book Little Women made quite an impression on me. A lot of my friends identified with one or the other sister, but I didn’t. Not until I read this passage about Jo taking a special dish to an ailing Laurie: “Mother sent her love, and was… Continue reading
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Tea Sales Turn Winter Blahs into Teatime Bounty
Even with all the special deals for teas and teawares held during the Christmas shopping season, there are about as many sales now. Tea vendors present deals on those special gift baskets and holiday-themed teapots, as well as various foods and teas that are popular during this time of year. Here are a few deals… Continue reading
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Cooking with Tea: Good Gravy!
One of the best pieces of cooking advice anyone ever gave me was this: Never use water when you can use some other liquid. In other words, don’t just add liquid – add flavour, aroma, and character too. Although I cook (and bake) with various liquids – broth, wine, beer, juices of all kinds, milks… Continue reading
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Nuts and Tea
Nuts and tea go together as well as other typical pairings: cheese and tea, fruits and tea, floral flavors and tea, and of course chocolates and tea. Time to see just how this works. First, just as with fruits and flowers, teas have nutty flavors (and for you wiseguys out there, no I don’t mean… Continue reading
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Prepping for the Holidays — Fruit Cakes
More holiday prepping is in line here. This time, the loved (and despised) fruit cake is the object of our attention. A holiday tradition dating back as far as the 1400s when fruits from the Mediterranean region were dried to preserve them during the long ocean voyage to Britain and upon arrival considered only fit… Continue reading
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Cooking with Tea: Fruitcake You’ll Actually Want to Eat!
Everybody knows that nobody likes fruitcake. We all secretly fear opening up a beautifully wrapped gift and finding “it” inside. Or being served a slice and surreptitiously wrapping it in our napkin and stuffing it … somewhere. Anywhere. As long as we don’t have to eat it! Let’s face it: Fruitcake has gotten a really… Continue reading
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