Having tea : recipes & table settings, by Tricia Foley

Are you and your friends too hot to do anything? Then have an afternoon tea party! (Don’t worry, you can make iced tea.) Having Tea presents an engaging history of the afternoon tea along with our modern interpretations. When it comes to hosting one yourself, Foley has done the work for you by planning several different tea parties, complete with menus, table decorations, and settings. Her recipes are truly outstanding, and the accompanying photography is both lush and winsome. We may not have the perfect English rose garden or antebellum porch to host our tea parties at here in L.A., but we can at least bake a batch of Foley’s delectable cream scones or create a sherried English trifle. You and your friends will be glad you checked out this book from the Oviatt!

Danielle Ste. Just