Julie T Cecchini: Food and Drink

03/15/2011

What are you doing for St Patrick's Day?

This year for St Patrick's day I am going to travel. I will wake up with the sunrise and walk through rolling hills, imagining I am in Tipperary. While enjoying a cup of Irish breakfast tea, I will try a new recipe for Spotted Dog, envisioning the coziness of a thatched roof cottage in Donegal. I will visit a farmers market to get the freshest ingredients necessary for an Irish feast in Galway. I will watch a parade, pretending I am in Dublin and visit a pub that could be in Belfast. I will come home to a table laden with Irish stew, Steak & Kidney pudding, soda bread and Guinness. Such a grand time will wind down with a proper Irish Coffee. Every toast to be had will be for those in Japan. May they do what they have done before, overcome, prosper and celebrate like the Irish.

Artisanal foods handcrafted in our back yard; Harney & Sons Tea

Have you ever enjoyed a proper cup of tea? Have you had the pleasure of breathing in the steamy exotic scents of jasmine and bergamot before the warm liquid actually touches your lips? In those exquisite moments tea can transport you to another place. A well-made cup of tea is about so much more than quenching one's thirst, it is a simple luxury that can make any day a special day. Over the river and through the woods, Harney & Sons Fine Teas brings exotic and distant lands to your door step.