Great news my friends. I made it through the semester! Hallelujah! (Yes, it deserves two exclamation points. It was touch and go for awhile there). As some of you may remember, this blog originally started out as part of a project for a class. Now that the semester is over, I am no longer required…
Clotted Cream vs. Devonshire Cream
There comes a time in every food lover’s life when they have the good fortune to taste a little bit of heaven. The culinary experience is different for each foodie and no one can predict when it will occur. My little taste of heaven came to me the first time someone introduced me to Devonshire…
The Scone: From Scottish Highlands to British Parlor Table
Post number two in our series this week looks at the proud history of the scone. Now, before we get started with our discussion for today, I want to stress that the history of the scone is nonlinear. There are some people out there that might argue the scone started in Ireland or in some primitive…
Mint Tea- A Taste of Moroccan Hospitality
Every culture comes with its own stereotypes and preconceived notions. Whether or not you agree with them, it’s a fact that they exist. And for better or worse, when I think of Morocco, I think of hospitality and I think of food. The two are intimately connected. In Morocco, the tradition of taking tea…
Masala Chai: An Indian Tradition
This week’s post look at the roots of what is quickly becoming a western obsession- chai tea. I had been tossing around the idea of doing a post on chai tea, when I discovered a wonderful place called World Market over my midterm break. If any of you have ever been in a World Market…
The Perfect Pot: An exercise in balance
This week’s post veers away from the historical/cultural focus of anything else you might find on this blog, but I thought it was a topic necessary to address before going any further on this journey. The process of brewing a perfect pot of tea, while fairly variable — tea is much like wine , in…
Iced Tea: A Sweet Innovation
*This post was updated 9/27 to include better photos. When I woke up Wednesday, I was all set to write you a post about scones. Then I walked into my the sweltering heat of my kitchen and all thoughts of baking instantly fled. Ran screaming out the front door actually. That’s when it hit me….
The Origins of Tea
As I sit at my kitchen table drinking tea from China in the first teapot I ever owned, I am struck by the thought of how much history is involved in my little morning ritual. There’s the history behind the tea set. It was gifted to me by my oldest sister after she first introduced…
Steeped in History 