This month, I have the pleasure of introducing some new tea seasonings and recipes developed by The Tea Spot’s own chef, Karen Harbour, who recently returned to the Cooking School of the Rockies to further develop her culinary skills.General Instructions for Making a Tea SeasoningTo make a tea seasoning, use … Continue reading
With an Opening Reception on Saturday, September 26, 2009, the Vessels Gallery in Boston kicks off its Out of the Anagama: Kilnmasters and Stokers exhibit. In case you are wondering what a stoker is and how a stoker relates to a kilnmaster, a notice about the exhibit at MySouthEnd.com provides … Continue reading
At the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City, California, you could spend hours examining exhibits with titles such as “Garden of Eden on Wheels: Selected Collections from Los Angeles Area Mobile Home and Trailer Parks”, “Lives of Perfect Creatures: Dogs of the Soviet Space Program”, and “No One May … Continue reading
I’ve been reading some articles recently about how “modern conveniences” – everything from packaged foods to cameras to social networking – have made people lose touch with actual experiences in favor of simply checking the box and moving on. When I was in Paris a couple years ago, I saw … Continue reading
Caffeine is highly soluble and is one of the first constituents of the tea leaf to be extracted in steeping. Usually 80 percent of the tea’s caffeine content is released within the first 20 to 30 seconds of steeping. You can enjoy virtually caffeine-free tea with small sacrifice of flavor, … Continue reading
Given the small turnout for opening day of the Steeped in History: The Art of Tea exhibit at UCLA’s Fowler Museum, my expectation for the turnout at the first of several lectures associated with the exhibit was low. Thankfully, I was pleasantly surprised. When I entered the auditorium in the … Continue reading