Dear Fellow Bakers and Friends, Welcome to the September 2022 Issue of Betterbaking.com. If you’ve been following my newsletters over the years you know I used to have a like/dislike relationship with summer. For most of my life, I dreaded summer right off the mark. In mid-June I’d begin protesting the hot, dry days I […]
Spode, Fit for a King & Harney and Sons Historic Royal Palaces Tea
Spode porcelain was introduced about 1800 in the factory of Josiah Spode and Josiah Spode II at Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England. This hybrid porcelain—combining the ingredients of hard-paste porcelain (china clay and china stone) and bone ash—became the standard English bone china. Blue Italian is one of their oldest patterns and certainly iconic. In honour of […]
TrusTea from Ireland, fine teas for the discerning palate
www.trusTEA.ie I drink a lot of tea from many different companies but over the years I’ve only had two favorites: Harney and Sons Fine Teas and Upton Tea Imports (I love their River Shannon Tea). But now I have a new favorite (and bear in mind each of these companies tea sensibility is quite different). […]
