Ten special celebrations, including a traditional tea, a holiday tea, and a cream tea for two, are featured in this enchanting, 48-page guide to the art of tea.

    Whether you’re looking for traditional menus of teas and delicate accoutrements or you want to host a unique party filled with unforgettable personal touches, Country Tea Parties teems with creative, eminently doable ideas to fit any occasion. Fill your house with fragrant rose petals and invite some friends over to cozy up around a fresh warm pot.

    Gustafson's approach to the minutiae of the tea experience is a magically macroscopic one--she makes the subject of tea come alive as a nexus of biographical detail, stories, recipes and reminiscences. Full-color illustrations.

    They also stand on their own at breakfast snack time.Scones, Muffins & Tea Cakes: Breakfast Breads and Teatime Spreads is an invitingly designed, photographed and priced collection of more than 54 recipes for quick breads and spreads. Many of the recipes and photographs have been chosen from the acclaimed Country Garden Cookbook series, the recipient of prestigious awards for food photography by Deborah Jones and Kathryn Kleinman. Also included; are newly developed recipes that take advantage~ of modern baking equipment such as mini-muffin and tops-only baking pans. Heidi haughy Cusick, the editor of Picnics, has selected a tantalizing assortment of recipes such as Banana and Butternut Squash Bread, Lemon Scones, and Spicy Green Onion Corn Muffins. Scones, Muffins & Tea Cakes also features entertaining tips and original occasion menus, such as "Sunday Morning on the Veranda" and "A Victorian Christmas Tea," plus over 18 recipes for sweet and savory spreads including Lemon Curd, Cranberry and Nectarine jam, Herb Flower Butter, and traditional Clotted Cream.This definitive assemblage of recipes is lavishly photographed and illustrated to offer cooks not only luscious baking inspiration, but also dozens of versatile serving ideas as well.

    Each one features Scriptures and inspirational daily meditations for times of reflection and personal growth. Some readers enjoy their quiet times in the tranquility of the dawn, others prefer the stillness of night.Regardless of when they spend their special moments with God, readers will relish these moments even more by reflecting upon the heartfelt devotions in these lovely new books. Written in an easy-to-read style, each devotion tells a true-to-life practical story and combines it with a reassuring verse that will inspire and encourage readers in their daily walk with God.

    Each is complete with recipes, suggested teas, commissioned art, musical accompaniment, and beautiful color photography. Themes include everything from An Angelic Christmas Tea to A Tea with Claude Monet, offering something for every tea lover.