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SUGAR N' SPICE TEA PARTY

A Dickens Village

Brewing a Festive Cup

How to Make a Loose Tea

Tea Party Etiquette

Reading Tea Leaves

Recipes
Christmas Tea with Candy Cane Stirrers

Holiday Eggnog

Herb-Crusted Smoked Salmon Rolls

Cucumber with Mint Butter Sandwich

Date Nut Pinwheels

Raspberry Almond Streusel Cookies

Hazelnut BonBons


Gingerbread with Custard Sauce


Cranberry Toasted Pecan Scones

 

COOKING IN SEASON

Delicious recipes using pomegranates.

Pomegranate Muffins

Arugula and Clementine Salad with Warm Pomegranate Dressing

Roasted Chicken with Pomegranate Berries

Corn and Pomegranate Berry Salad

 

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Summertime Dinner Party | Getting Creative | Serving Suggestions

 

 

Cover outdoor tables with burlap for that garden look.

 

Dress tables with fresh flowers, and use planters and cache-pots to hold breads and whole fruits. Serve the salad with a brand-new, mini garden hand shovel and fork (rake).

 

Stuff clean (4-or 6-inch) terra-cotta planters with styrofoam inside the bottom of the planter. Thread wooden skewers with alternating pieces of fresh dipping vegetables such as broccoli florets, carrots, and cauliflower tops. Stick several wooden skewers into the styrofoam, as if flowers were blooming out of the pot.

 

Pour salad dressing through a small watering can, the kind with the long thin spout or a miniature version of the watering cans with many tiny holes on the nozzle. (You may find the latter in toy stores.)

  Keep breads wrapped in large baskets that have been lined with a pretty fabric.

 

Send out invitations by a certain date to get your guests' attention. Invitations are inexpensive enough to have made by computer at party supply stores. Always ask for a response to the invitation. You want to know one way or another.

 

Bundle a couple of bulbs or seeds in fabric or thin net bundles and tie with a ribbon, giving each guest a small favor from the party to be planted — something from your garden to theirs.

 

 

 

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