The Tea Table: Soups, Savories & Sweets from The Elmwood Inn
This is the third book in the popular Elmwood Tea series of afternoon tea recipes from Shelley and Bruce Richardson. Each of the categories of recipes includes easy to follow directions and exquisitely presented photos. They include soups, savories, sandwiches, salads, puff pastries, quiches, and a plethora of tempting sweets. Unusual items such as Irish Tea Eggs and …
Afternoon tea conjures up both feelings of elegance and gentility. It is, after all, synonymous with civility and blessed with the endearing quality of being part of the world’s enduring cup of humanity. The customs and courtesies associated with this most civilized ceremony, however, are disquieting to the uninitiated. Fear of committing “tea faux pas” is on the …
Bruce Richardson’s updated fourth edition of The Great Tea Rooms of America takes you on an insider’s tour of 20 outstanding tea rooms in the United States and Canada. This edition is filled with 150 color photographs and contains touring suggestions so you can see the country with tea on your mind. Also included is a listing of …
Freshly updated and expanded, the third edition of The New Tea Companion offers students of tea the most up-to-date details and images of over a hundred teas from the world’s most famous tea-producing regions, including China, India, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Japan, as well as from countries lesser-known for tea cultivation, such as Australia and South Korea. Each …
A Social History of Tea: Tea’s Influence on Commerce, Culture & Community
British writer and tea historian Jane Pettigrew has joined forces again with American tea writer Bruce Richardson to chronicle the fascinating story of tea’s influence on British and American culture, commerce and community spanning nearly four centuries. These two leading tea professionals have seen first-hand the current tea renaissance sweeping modern culture and have written over two dozen …
The original 1906 edition of The Book of Tea is one of the classic texts found on the desks of artists, poets, teaists and Zen Buddhists around the world. The book has been re-designed and expanded for a contemporary audience. You will discover the fascinating character of Okakura Kakuzo and the story of how he came to write …