Category: Kathleen’s Blog

  ​ Although fall is my favorite season for inviting friends over for an autumnal afternoon tea party, this cool season tends to get quickly

  Prompted by a tempting article in the May/June, 2019 issue of Tea Time magazine entitled “Tea Treasures of Portland, Oregon,†my friend, Valerie, and

  ​Recently, I was fortunate enough to cater an afternoon tea in a Victorian home in Santa Cruz, California. A party for ten was set

  If you are at all interested in afternoon tea, you have most likely heard of a cream tea, featuring Devonshire or Cornish clotted cream.

  A petite serving of Summer Pudding with freshly whipped cream on vintage china ​ We caught the best of summer cherry and berry seasons

  ​I had yet another bite of bad carrot cake. In 2019! Haven’t we learned to bake a delicious carrot cake yet? Carrot Cake gets

  ​Chances to go out to tea seem to be getting further and fewer between. In the United States, small country tea rooms have all

  ​A cheery welcome ​ ​Finally, spring has come, with alternating days or even hours of sun and showers, wind and calm. Tulips, lilacs, jonquils,

  ​Astrid Huala & Polly Malan starting off Super Scone Sunday with a toast. Cheers! ​ ​Not everyone likes football. Shocking, I know. Full disclosure:

  ​Two of my favorite old-fashioned things: Valentine’s Day and stuff made with gelatin. To me, the possibilities and properties of gelatin are endlessly fascinating.