Bio
I love to cook, bake, read, paint, knit, do needlework, and garden. I need my coffee, but I LOVE my tea. I work at an Art School, and attend a large public university doing post-bac work (my BA is in English). I’m interested in the liminal spaces between art and craft, the academic and the practical, the individual and community, and the old and the new. I’m currently exploring these ideas through the disciplines of education, literature, history, and psychology.
I enjoy writing tasting notes, but have decided not to numerically rate teas as of 9/14/10. For an explanation, see my looooong tasting note about Mountain Malt from the Simple Leaf.
My favorites:
Chinese black teas
A good “milk and sugar” English style black
Earl Grey (classic, and in all variations!)
Vanilla teas (classic, and in all variations!)
Jasmine, Rose, Violet and other froofy, flowery teas!
An Occasional Oolong
Flavored Rooibos
Herbal Tisanes
Location
Collingswood, NJ
Website
http://jackiemania.wordpress....
You need an Everything Bagel – and so do I!
Oh gosh, that would have helped! Our cafe is closed until the students get back and we are bagel-less until tuesday! Desperate times! Is the snow in your area impacting your state of bagel-ness?
I was talking with my husband I think I am going to try and make them this weekend – that long recipe! I’ll let you know how they turn out!
Indeed, most stores were closed for about two days and people are staying in as much as possible. School was out for three days! This area of the south lacks the equipment to deal with icy conditions. But bagels are in my near future…