Alice's Tea Cup: Delectable Recipes for Scones, Cakes, Sandwiches, and More from New York's Most Whimsical Tea Spot
The several locations of Alice’s Tea Cup in Manhattan have so grown in popularity that they now serve every meal of the day, not just afternoon tea. Fans of their esteemed scones, cookies, and cakes now have in hand the shop’s recipes recast for the home cook. Lemon–poppy seed and mixed-berry scones figure among the tea shop’s favored pastries, but there are savory scones as well, such as walnut-Stilton, and ham and cheese. Sandwiches transcend traditional egg and tuna salad to encompass even cheeseburgers for those seeking a substantial meal. Whimsically decorated cakes satisfy the serious sweet tooth. Many of the specialty baked goods have tea baked into them as part of their flavor spectrums. Those who need something more stimulating than tea may imbibe some cocktails such as a mixture of smoky Lapsang souchong tea and Scotch, meant to recall an after-dinner whiskey and cigar. --Mark Knoblauch