Bread: A Problem for English Tea in a Foreign Land
Whenever I plan a tea, the problem of bread arises. Bread is central to English tea. You need a good old-fashioned English loaf for slicing thick for hot toast or…
Read moreAn English Farmhouse Tea
I’m not given to nostalgia. But once in a while I want some faint taste of the foods of my youth. And in my family, tea was the best of…
Read moreMore on the English Breakfast (a la O’Connor, that is)
Was the English breakfast invented in the mid nineteenth century? That’s the worry Adam Balic, who is as profoundly informed about the history of British food as anyone I know,…
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