Prepping for the Holidays — Santa’s Tea and Cookies

The tradition of leaving milk and cookies for Santa has been around quite awhile. There are also variations: hot cocoa and cookies, eggnog and brownies, coffee and donuts, and even beverages of a somewhat “harder” nature. My experience, though, is that the best quality and most numerous gifts result from leaving tea and cookies for …

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“Tea and Cookies” by Rick Rodgers

What better way is there (next to warm buttery scones) to complement a nice cup of tea than the addition of a cookie? Better yet, a plateful of cookies.  There are so many varieties to choose from. Tea and Cookies by Rick Rodgers is a wonderful new book for all of us tea and cookie …

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Tea and Biscuits

A nice cup of afternoon tea can always use a good biscuit to go with it. No… I do not mean an American dinner biscuit that is soft and chewy, or one that you pour gravy over. I mean a real English biscuit (translation: cookie!) But an English biscuit is better than just a “cookie”. …

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