Each day when the Queen wakes up, three maids dress her, two more style her hair, and her butler James makes her tea. But when she grows dissatisfied with her brew, the Queen and James set out in search of the perfect cup. With each stop on their hot-air balloon journey, the Queen encounters new friends who expand her horizons—in the kitchen and beyond.
This impressively detailed book offers a rich cultural history of tea, from its ancient origins in China to its spread around the world.
An expert and entertaining guide to tea from Fortnum & Mason by award-winning food writer, Tom Parker Bowles.
Annie is very excited about school today. She has earned the reward of having high tea with the queen. Annie wants everything to be perfect. She has been looking forward to this day for weeks.
An inspiring roadmap for discovering the secrets of happiness and success for yourself at any stage in life, Life By the Cup's message is that, no matter where you are, you can change your circumstances and live your dreams.
For the entertainer, the cookbook lover and the international armchair traveler. Reveals the culinary rapture and conviviality that make the teatime ceremony a world-wide, time-honored tradition.
This class needs some fun. I’ll find a hairdo to impress everyone.” Annabelle doesn’t want the same boring hairstyle that all the other girls have. When she spies a picture of her grandma, she has the perfect idea: a big bouffant!
Discover what cake William and Catherine selected for their wedding and hear why orange-scented scones became a royal tradition at Kensington Palace. Tea Fit for a Queen presents a taste of palace etiquette to take home.
Comic and poignant, fast-paced and clever, Mrs Queen Takes the Train tweaks the pomp of the monarchy, going beneath its rigid formality to reveal the human heart of the woman at its center.
"How can you drink tea from an empty cup?" That ancient Zen riddle holds the key to a baffling mystery; a young man found with his throat slashed while locked...
This is the extended and annotated edition including * an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys Davids The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo (1906), is a long ...