To celebrate Canada Day on July 1st, why not make a traditional Canadian dessert called Nanaimo Bars (pronounced na-nai-mo). The name Nanaimo comes from the city of Nanaimo on the Vancouver Island of British Columbia. The name itself means “big strong tribe” in the local native language. Nanaimo Bars are very popular in Canada and …
As far as I can tell, when it comes to matters of tea, our good neighbors to the north are much like us here in the United States. In the overall scheme of things we Yanks don't really drink all that much tea. Our consumption of just over a pound per person per year ranks …
In the years that I've been writing about tea, I've commented a number of times about the relative scarcity of tea growers in the United States. We're not really renowned for drinking tea here or growing it, although there is one producer of note - South Carolina's Charleston Tea Plantation - and a number of …
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