Thé aesthetic

I have been looking for plants for sale but, due to the long winter the plants are few and far between. Then this week I found a primrose. It is just a beautiful plant. I have always wanted one of these. I will plant it outside later this week. I have my pansies and viloas in a pot on the front porch. They always are so pretty by May. This teacup is adorned with pansies and made by Gracie China. Tea is a really simple affair in my house. Today I made shortbread cookies. The recipe is for…

Where are the best coffee shops in Bogota and what are they like? Bogota is famous for its new third wave coffee scene, and you can find cool cafes in many Bogota neighborhoods.

Photo by Jody Halsted of www.IrelandWithKids.com Tea and Scones - Many Irish B&Bs will offer a warm welcome when you arrive- especially if the day is "soft" and chilly. Tea is served black, and "strong enough for

Have you all been able to tell I have become enamored with tea? I have. I always knew I liked it but, I really like it! I had a bag of lemons from the grocery and wanted to try a lemony dessert. I tried two lemon cakes the day I made this and one was a English recipe. The English recipe didn't turn out for me so I came up with a recipe I knew would work and that is Ina Garten's Lemon Pound Cake. I will share the recipe tomorrow. This sweet little teacup was made by Gracie's China. Having a…

EDITOR’S NOTE: French Culinary Institute-trained Andrea Duty is a dear friend of the blog who we often collaborated with when she lived in Austin and ran her delicious custom dessert catering company, Bake Sale. Although our sweet tooth was devastated when she set off for life abroad in London, we couldn’t have been more excited […]