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AFTERNOON TEA AT 1865 PRICE…

The Langham Hotel in London and it’s sister properties, in Auckland, Boston, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Pasadena and Shanghi are going to celebrates its opening in 1865 by offering an afternoon tea for the pice of […]

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FOOD FESTIVALS FOR FOODIES…

It’s that time of year again when food festival are happening throughout the UK. Some of the most popular ones are – Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival – 17-19th June, www.garden-events.com/cheltenham Henley Food Festival – […]

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HIGH TEA AT ETROP GRANGE…

Etrop Grange in are polishing their pots and pans in support of St. Ann’s Hospice which is Greater Manchester’s largest Hospice. Etrop Grange is a gracious Grade II listed Georgian Mansion, originally built in 1780, […]

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EASY SPICED APPLE PUDDING…

Ingredients 3oz/85g remove skin and coarsely chop the apples 3oz/85g caster sugar 3oz/85g currants 4oz/ breadcrumbs 3 Medium eggs Finely grated rind of half a lemon half a teaspoon of cinnamon 1 Tablesp Brandy Method […]

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GOOD FOOD SHOW…

The BBC Good Food Show at the NEC in Birmingham is on 15-19th June, which is only a month away so it’s time to get your tickets now. This is one food show that I […]

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A BOOK ABOUT TEA…

‘Time for Tea’ with Mary Engelbreit is a lovely colourful book with lots of beautiful colour illustrations. She writes, ‘there is no companion so companionable as Solitude (Thoreau)’ which is how she thinks tea is […]

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CAMBRIC TEA…

They say this is the kind of tea served in English nurseries for centuries. It was simply a very milky tea with sugar to taste. The name comes from the French ‘ the de Cambrai’, […]

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TAKE SOME MORE TEA…

Take some more tea the March Hare said to Alice very earnestly ‘I’ve had nothing yet’, Alice replied in an offended tone’ ‘so I can’t take more’. Lewis Caroll – Alice in Wonderland