A Nice Cuppa

One of my favorite things about the summer time is drinking delicious, homemade sun tea. Unfortunately it has been raining non-stop for the past week here in NYC so it???s been impossible for me to make any yet this season. However, as soon as the weather clears up, I most certainly will be […]

You know those sweltering hot days where you just want to sit in the ice cold air conditioning and sipping some iced tea? Well those days will be here before you can say “ice cubes”. You can believe the last thing I want to do when it gets that hot is fire up […]

Tea Sweets are delectable cookies made with premium tea leaves. The tasty little cookies are the work of the talented gals at Amai Tea & Bake House in NYC. The idea for Tea Sweets was developed when Amai’s co-owner and resident baker Kelli Bernard thought it strange that “tea cookies” typically contain no […]

With summer comes lots of heat. And that heat means I’m always looking for new, cooler ways to curb my coffee cravings. The inner child in me is always going to love popsicles. Since popsicles are a great treat to cool off with during these hot summer months I figured why not […]

It is dark and stormy in the Big Apple today. Personally, I adore thunderstorms. As I was growing up, every time there would be a rainy day, my younger sister and I would have a special ritual. We’d lay out a big, fluffy quilt our grandma made us on the floor of […]

Regardless of where you live, whether it???s north or south, east or west, the heat will set in. There will be gloriously hot days where your shirt sticks to your skin, your face is beaded with water droplets and all you can manage is sitting in the shade somewhere with a cool drink. […]

Granitas are a very simple treat that can be made at home with no special equipment and very few ingredients. Granitas are Italian-style ices resembling the American “shaved ice”, which is traditionally plain ice which is saved into a slush topped with flavor syrups. The big difference between the two is that all […]

Sarah LeMieux is a writer, artist and musician. An advocate of natural family living and seasonal eating, she lives in Queens, NY with her husband and daughter. Her twin missions in life? To make the world a more beautiful, nourishing and delicious place in every way that she can, and to get […]