17-76 Tea Party Award Winning Recipes
Jennifer Petersen is dear to me and has been these many years since tea first brought us together. In a quiet sort of way we have shared a good many tea adventures over the years since. Sharing is what Jennifer's all about---I told you she's a dear---and now she's sharing all that lore and learning how to make things scrumptious with just anybody lucky enough to open her book. I advise you take tea with Jennifer and let her share, in her quiet sort of way, the sort of teatime pleasures that make her and me smile when we're together. Can tea have political implications, do you suppose? How, back in North Carolina back in 1776, would our ancestors have greeted Jennifer's Buckingham Palace Scones, I wonder? In that era this recipe would separate the patriots from the Tory loyalists of the day, just as the term tea party; again involves deeply felt politics in our time. Tea itself, however, is a sure cure for upsets of every sort and will hush our rancors with peace and pleasure if we let it. That's what my dear Jennifer will tell you: Make tea, not trouble. --James Norwood Pratt, New Tea Lover's TreasuryReading through the recipes brings back delectable memories of special tea lunches with friends at the Chandelier Room. The unusual combinations of flavors will please any palate. Wonderful recipes to create for gift-giving and for relaxing times with friends and family! --Pat Stephens, The ColumbianMake yourself a large cup of tea and then settle back to enjoy Jennifer Petersen's 17-76 Tea Party Award Winning Recipes, a cookbook on making jams and scones. Before the teacup is empty, you will be in the kitchen, wearing an apron, heating the oven and making scones. The recipes are irresistible. --Judith Krall-Russo, Food Historian and Certified Tea Consultant