Coffee Shop Review: Bilstad’s Beignets in Ashburn, Virginia
We visited Bilstad’s Beignets in Ashburn, Virginia for a breakfast of coffee, beignets, and a flight of chocolate, apple butter, and caramel dippers.
Tea Room Review: Afternoon Tea at The Tea Cart in Winchester, Virginia
We visited Winchester, Virginia for a five course English afternoon tea experience with our friend Elaine at The Tea Cart at Old Water Street Inn.
How my Parents Learned to Afternoon Tea
Ma and Pa experience their first afternoon tea under the tutelage of Xak and Dani
Making Mary Berry’s Viennese Whirls
Xak’s Sabbatical Baking continues with Viennese Whirls: a buttery sandwich cookie featuring raspberry jam and vanilla buttercream.
Delicious December: A Month of Festive Desserts and Delicacies
We spent all of December baking delicious treats including gingerbread houses, pavlovas, biscotti, cracker candy, tiramisu, sugar cookies, and caramel candy.
Coffee Shop Review: Weird Brothers Coffee in Herndon, Virginia
We visited the Weird Brothers Roasting Factory in Herndon, Virginia to nerd out over lattes, scones, and Star Wars lego sets.
Tea Room Review: Afternoon Tea at Lady Camellia in Alexandria, Virginia
We visited and reviewed the new location of the first afternoon tea room I ever visited: Lady Camellia in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
Mini Pavlovas
We tried out a new gluten free meringue based recipe for one of our
Murder Mystery “Casual Tea” desserts: RecipeTin Eat’s Mini Pavlovas
Our Thanksgiving Feast Recap: Two Turkeys and New Traditions
We created a Thanksgiving feast featuring the Popeyes Cajun turkey, Texas Roadhouse Rolls, 4 appetizers, three types of potatoes, and our first time roasting a turkey!
A Lesson in Ina Garten’s Lemon Bars
We move onto making the desserts for our Murdery Mystery “Casual Tea” starting with a wonderful afternoon tea time treat: Ina Garten’s lemon bars.