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  • Most Offbeat Tea Recipes

    I see a lot of recipes for dishes that incorporate tea in one way or another, so many in fact that I tend to skim over the majority of them. But I had to sit up and take notice recently when a recipe for Tea Mac-n-Cheese appeared in these very pages. Which is a pretty… Continue reading

  • Recipe for Green Tea Citrus Cranberry Scones

    Small pleasures are one of life’s great gifts. Holiday shopping, parties and extra work; there are so many things this time of year that can keep you from life’s simple pleasures. Take a few minutes to make this recipe and then steep up a nice cup of tea. Now just sit back let your worries… Continue reading

  • Recipe for Puerh Apple Muffins

    Tis the season for muffins, cookies, pies, and cakes oh my! The crisp cool air makes you yearn for the warmth of muffins strait from the oven. This simple muffin recipe is sure to warm your hands and fill your heart with a wonderful sense of the season. Of course, lest ye not forget thy… Continue reading

  • Black Tea Chili and Corn Bread Recipes

    The autumn days of colorful falling foliage bring on earlier brisk nights that beg for a comforting cup of tea. Better yet, why not have our cup of tea and eat it too. Just imagine chili’s hearty spice and warming nature enhanced by the coffee aroma and earthy flavors of black Kukicha twig tea. Sweet… Continue reading

  • 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

  • Tea Elegance on a Budget, Part One

    Tea parties are so wonderful with delicate sweet bites performing an overture on your taste buds.  While your palate embraces the presence of precious tea liquor slipping through your lips.  The ambiance of conversation with friends and the delight of hearing all those praises for a job well done.  Oh my, doesn’t that sound expensive… Continue reading

  • Summer BBQ Tea Recipes

    Summer time induces fond memories of picnics and BBQ’s with family and friends. Close your eyes and think of those days when everyone enjoyed the simplest things. Your one crazy aunt was making you giggle as your sister pulled your hair as your dad manned the BBQ while everyone talked of going swimming and getting tan or… Continue reading

  • Cooking with Tea: Homemade Cranberry Sauce

    As anyone who’s been reading my articles here at ETS knows all too well, I most emphatically do not drink flavoured tea – that is, any tea with added flavours in the form of syrups or flowers or herbs or dried fruits or whatever. I do, however, always have a few in the house for… Continue reading

  • Cooking with Tea: Late Summer’s Bounty

    Many vegetables reach their peak as Summer starts drawing to a close. Amongst these are fresh corn, sweet bell peppers in assorted colours, and various kinds of hot peppers. When vegetables are in season I like to eat them as often as I can in as many ways as I can dream up. One year… Continue reading

  • Cooking with Tea: Tea Punches

    With the season of wedding showers, weddings, and baby showers approaching, hosts and hostesses are thinking about what food and drink they’ll be serving. And what would these celebrations be without that ubiquitous, but welcome, bowl of punch? I don’t often serve punch, probably because I don’t often serve food and drink to large groups… Continue reading