Pairing Tea and Food — Cream-Style Corn Chowder and Kenyan Tea

Time for another recipe (the 8th in a baker’s dozen)! This is another that goes great with tea. Be adventurous and give her recipe a try with a pot of the tea named and assess the pairing for yourself. The recipe: Cream-Style Corn Chowder Your mom probably told you not to play with your food, …

Continue reading Pairing Tea and Food — Cream-Style Corn Chowder and Kenyan Tea

Pairing Tea and Food — Mocha Peanut Butter Brownies and Formosa Oolong Tea

Time for another recipe (the 7th in a baker’s dozen). This is another that goes great with tea. Be adventurous and give her recipe a try with a pot of the tea named and assess the pairing for yourself. The recipe: Mocha Peanut Butter Brownies No picture available — yikes! So, here are the Double-Duty …

Continue reading Pairing Tea and Food — Mocha Peanut Butter Brownies and Formosa Oolong Tea

Pairing Tea and Food — Black Bean Quesadillas and Assam Tea

Time for another recipe (the 6th in a baker’s dozen). This is another that goes great with tea. Be adventurous and give her recipe a try with a pot of the tea named and assess the pairing for yourself. The recipe: Black Bean Quesadillas To me, dishes like this are great for cooler weather, which …

Continue reading Pairing Tea and Food — Black Bean Quesadillas and Assam Tea

Pairing Tea and Food — Spinach-Stuffed Mushrooms and Nilgiri Tea

Time for another recipe (the 5th in a baker’s dozen). This is another that goes great with tea. Be adventurous and give her recipe a try with a pot of the tea named and assess the pairing for yourself. The recipe: Spinach-Stuffed Mushrooms These are vegetarian/vegan-friendly (just omit the cheese) and quite delicious. And, according …

Continue reading Pairing Tea and Food — Spinach-Stuffed Mushrooms and Nilgiri Tea

Pairing Tea and Food — Forelle Pear Tart and Dong Ding Oolong Tea

Time for another recipe (the 4th in a baker’s dozen). This is another that goes great with tea. Be adventurous and give her recipe a try with a pot of the tea named and assess the pairing for yourself. The recipe: Forelle Pear Tart The cook prepared this dish originally as a nice snack for …

Continue reading Pairing Tea and Food — Forelle Pear Tart and Dong Ding Oolong Tea

Pairing Tea and Food — Stuffed Bell Peppers and Ceylon Black Tea

Time for another recipe (the 3rd in a baker’s dozen). This is another that goes great with tea. Be adventurous and give her recipe a try with a pot of the tea named and assess the pairing for yourself. The recipe: Stuffed Bell Peppers with Ground Turkey and Sun-Dried Tomatoes Ratcheting up an old favorite …

Continue reading Pairing Tea and Food — Stuffed Bell Peppers and Ceylon Black Tea

Pairing Tea and Food — Simple Summer Couscous Salad and Golden Yunnan Tea

Here is the 2nd of the baker’s dozen (13) of recipes that I selected off of a foodie site since they seem to really fit this bill of going great with tea. This is a more unusual recipe to serve with tea but seems to fit this time of year. After reading my take on …

Continue reading Pairing Tea and Food — Simple Summer Couscous Salad and Golden Yunnan Tea

Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate! (and Tea)

The other day I was drinking tea (as always) and thinking of chocolate (also as always). Then, I had some chocolate and started thinking about tea! It seems to be a fairly common occurrence, as a bit of online searching revealed. Awhile back, Lainie Petersen, well known to readers of this blog, had a chocothon …

Continue reading Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate! (and Tea)

Pairing Tea and Food — Pomegranate Vanilla Scones and Sencha Tea

Foodies are folks who like to talk about, write about, blog about, and tweet about food. From restaurant reviews to original recipes, nothing related to food escapes their notice. This cook’s goal isn’t necessarily to come up with recipes that go with tea, but she often does just that. I have picked a baker’s dozen …

Continue reading Pairing Tea and Food — Pomegranate Vanilla Scones and Sencha Tea

Pairing Food and Tea

Tea, as in wine, is a delightful way to compliment a meal. Not only do teas help digest foods more efficiently, they also can enhance the natural flavors of food just as wines do. In fact, wine and tea have much in common in this respect. For instance, robust foods are better paired with robust …

Continue reading Pairing Food and Tea