A Nice Cuppa

It was a summer afternoon when I was out on my bike in the hip town next to mine with a chai-fiend friend. I was really, really overwarm. I asked for a chai at the hip coffee shop and a very hip-looking man gave it to me. Looking back, he was probably […]

When I discovered a recipe underneath the box lid of my Chocolate Caramel Enchantment tea, I realized there was a treasure trove waiting to be found. A quick search for “cooking with tea” led me to several excellent sites. The Cat-Tea Corner website is a good set of guidelines for those just starting out. Celestial Seasonings, […]

I stumbled upon this recipe the other day in a Martha Stewart Good Things book that I picked up at a used bookstore. My rhubarb is already starting to shoot up like a weed, plus rhubarb is one of the very few local, organic fruits you can find in season this time of year, so […]

I don’t know when exactly my epiphany was. I know it struck sometime last summer, in the height of heat and humidity, in a dark and musty Virginian dorm room where I was staying for a job. I know there was desperation in my northeastern soul as I battled the gigantic bugs that […]

Adorn Magazine calls itself “the crafty girl’s guide to embellishing life.” The Spring 2007 issue has a really cute feature on tea parties. They make it look like so much fun that I want to grab my art supplies and start creating! As a supplement to the magazine article, several web exclusive features are available […]

The wind finally howls outside and you realize your most vital appendages–your fingers–have gone numb. The solution? Hot cocoa, of course. However, perhaps by now your trans fat fear (coupled with a New Year’s resolution?) has encompassed the entire pantry. No longer can you pull a shiny foil packet of liquid […]

“Black Gold” may be coming to PBS, but you can have it anytime with a great new product (getting lots of attention), Java Juice Extract.
Java Juice Extract is 100% organic, fair-trade, shade-grown, and kosher liquid coffee extract made from Arabica Coffee beans.
This stuff is great, you rip it, add water and then sip it.
For the […]

I might not drink coffee or tea, but I have no problem cooking with it.  I found this recipe a few years ago, on the Cooking Light Bulletin Board.  Not light in the least, now a few years later, it still is one of our favorite tried-and-true recipes.  It can’t be simpler to make, and […]

During these cold winter months is there really anything better than a nice hot mug of your favorite coffee or tea to warm up with after coming in from outside?  Sometimes though I get tired of drinking the same old thing day after day, and I just want some variety, some way to spice things up (pun […]

I love trying new recipes, and it’s true that my must-try stack is piled far too high.  Honestly, there’s no way I will ever get through all of them, definitely not if I keep adding to the pile, which I will.  But I discovered a recipe for Mulled Raspberry Tea while looking through several old […]