Garden clubs' tablescapes featured at tea time

FITCHBURG -- A traditional afternoon English tea presented by the Laurelwood Garden Club at the Fitchburg Art Museum on Jan.

Spafford tea room offers ‘pampered peacefulness’ to its customers

Eleven miles south of the Village of Skaneateles is a unique establishment meant specifically for people seeking a secluded, peaceful place to relax. This small red building, once a 19th century one-room schoolhouse, is now Grammie’s Pantry, a tea room and gift shop designed for people, and especially women, to come and “get away from the stress of life for a while.”

A very good cuppa: Some of our best restaurants are embracing the afternoon tea tradition

For the French chef Raymond Blanc, the owner of Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons in Oxfordshire, English afternoon tea is one of our greatest culinary achievements. "I was nervous about it at first," he says. "But I think it is one of your most elegant ceremonies. Plus it is the one time the English can be gourmandises and have pastries in the afternoon." Adding, "Also, only the English could drink ...

Madison seniors brewing winter tea Feb. 28

MADISON – The Madison Senior Center trip committee invites residents of the area to a “Winter’s Afternoon Tea” from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the Cosy Cupboard Tea Room at 4 Old Turnpike Roa

Acme Import Picks Up Ridgways of London Tea

Acme Import Co., based in Montclair, N.J., is the exclusive U.S. distributor of Ridgways of London Tea. Acme offers five varieties of Ridgways traditional English tea, all of which are Fair Trade Certified , as well as five varieties of organic fruit and herbal infusions.