A Nice Cuppa

Did Father’s Day sneak in without warning this year? Been so swamped with work you haven’t found time to shop for Dad’s gift this year? Have no fear! A Nice Cuppa is here to save the day, with a few suggestions for some last minute online purchase possibilities.
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By Kaffenator
If you take a look at the lines of people waiting patiently to get into Trader Joe’s new Manhattan outlet, you’d think they were giving away their wares. Most of the prices are truly give away, especially if you compare them to the high quality of TJ’s wares.
The Coffee […]

Don’t you just love being let in on a secret? One of my favorite columns in Bon App??tit, RSVP, answers readers inquiries on restaurants’ secret recipes. June’s issue revealed an iced tea recipe from Taste in West Hollywood. I don’t even typically like sweetened iced tea, but this recipe, sweetened with coconut, […]

Coffee is complementary. It is harmonious with food, be it a bagel or chunky wedge of coffee cake; sweet or savory meal. It plays off the taste buds and paves the way for a bun gooey with cinnamon or makes a palatable runway for that perfect bite of omelet to land. And […]

Let???s get something straight from the beginning. I???m not very good at following directions. I color outside the lines. I walk ???in??? the ???out??? door. I never read the instructions when putting together anything that came in a box. Yes, Mom, apparently subconsciously I do believe the rules were made […]

Like many humans, I have strong feelings of affection and devotion for my morning cup of coffee. It’s bitter and fragrant and slightly sweet and creamy. It warms the hands, the heart, the belly and the mind. So, when I read one of the spate of recent articles about the antioxidant benefits […]

While driving to my grandmother’s house in the summertime I am always comforted by the sight of a jar of sun tea warming on the porch. I wish I knew how this tradition began, probably a new technique that didn’t require heating up the kitchen- something that is quite important in the South.
There has […]

CROUCHING BARISTA, HIDDEN LACTOSE (continued…)
Recap: Someone’s looking for Pramana, nothing a half-sapped Gunter can help with. Tuti gets ahold of him though, and when it seems as if she’s about to come clean about her botched interception, she stops. There’s tension in the house.
And now we continue, with the Vanilla Thrilla. […]

In Virginia, summer arrives early. Trees bud and crocuses pop out of the ground in late February. By the time April ends, we???ve already had our share of humid days followed by evening thunderstorms. Even so, as with the rest of America, summer doesn???t officially begin until Memorial Day. We don???t […]

About a month or so ago, Boca Java ran a promotion for bloggers… agree to sample and blog about their Bloggers Fuel beans, and they’ll send a ‘reviewers’ kit which included some of their blends as well as a nifty mug and baseball cap. The blogger-gimmick is a bit off-putting, but I like cool […]