I love afternoon tea = love tea, love scones, love tiny sandwiches, love dessert. There's something so relaxing about the routine of having afternoon tea, too...the swirling of spoons and dropping of sugar cubes into teacups, the spreading of clotted cream on scones. No silverware is needed (besides the spoon and the spreader for the... Continue Reading →
I love a good afternoon tea, as I've mentioned before. Up until last December, I would've said that I had never met an afternoon tea that I didn't like. Yes, believe it or not, I was disappointed by an afternoon tea during my most recent trip to London...but that's all I'll say about that. So... Continue Reading →
I had never heard of switchel when I received an email newsletter from Kripalu that included a recipe for turmeric switchel. (Kripalu is a wonderful yoga and wellness retreat center in western MA.) The recipe has fewer than 10 ingredients—which is my threshold for recipes—so I decided to try it. I threw five ingredients into... Continue Reading →
Happy 2025...I feel kind of deflated and defeated as this new year begins. 2024 was a rough year. My mom was sick and Allen's brother died unexpectedly. I'm turning 50 this year, which I'm not thrilled about. (But it beats the alternative, as my mom says.) I did not vote for the incoming president, and... Continue Reading →
Allen and I were recently shopping in our neighborhood on a nice spring day. We had just bought some cookies at a bakery (chocolate chip for him and ginger for me), and we decided that we wanted to have some coffee along with our cookies. There was a Blue Bottle Coffee nearby, which I had... Continue Reading →
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