Bread: A Problem for English Tea in a Foreign Land

Whenever I plan a tea, the problem of bread arises.  Bread is central to English tea. You need a good old-fashioned English loaf for slicing thick for hot toast or…

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An English Farmhouse Tea

I’m not given to nostalgia.  But once in a while I want some faint taste of the foods of my youth.  And in my family, tea was the best of…

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Update on Romanian Pig Slaughtering

Mihaela Lica who has a blog “Romania: Simply Surprising” posted last year on the annual killing of pigs for the Christmas meal, the subject of some debate in the EU. …

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