February 19, 2008
by Carrie
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Have you ever felt the need to create convoluted excuses for desserts? Like, if I wanted some pie today I might say, “Hey, February 19th is the feast of St. Conrad of Piacenza. You can’t spell ‘Piacenza’ without ‘pie’. I … Continue reading
February 2, 2008
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Check these out: Just perfect, really. Polly George handmade ceramics, via decor8
January 31, 2008
by Carrie
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If I had way more dollars than I have, I would buy these: I mean, check them out! They are some sassy teacups. IN HATS. It’s like a physical manifestation of this blog. At Rose and Radish, via i suwannee.
November 14, 2007
by Carrie
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Did anyone catch NOVA’s Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial last night? My day job, for those who don’t know, is all about evolution and creationism, so my coworkers and I had a big viewing party. It was awesome. You … Continue reading
October 16, 2007
by Carrie
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Guestblogging over on Design*Sponge, absolutely beautiful things discovered that trying to list all the teapots she loved led to a pretty extensive collection. Yeah, I know how that goes.
July 30, 2007
by Carrie
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Abandoned ducklings raised in a teacup! Baby ducks, washed out to sea, rescued by a passing canoeist and nursed back to health IN A TEACUP. Sweet Christmas, look at that! That is the cutest thing I have ever seen, ever. … Continue reading
July 16, 2007
by Carrie
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It’s possible that I’m a huge jerk, because I have to tell you, I’m really excited to be doing a negative review for once. Normally when I don’t like tea I just quietly don’t write about it, but I’m always … Continue reading
July 14, 2007
by Carrie
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An op-ed in the Sydney Morning Herald decries the state of Australian tea culture. Apparently Australia is full of foodies, but few carry their standards through to tea. The author seems particularly horrified by the prevalence of tea bags over … Continue reading
July 13, 2007
by Carrie
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SuperNaturale has an excellent basic intro to tea, for those of you looking for a good place to direct confused friends and relatives.
July 11, 2007
by Carrie
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When I was teaching in Japan, one of the types of lessons our more advanced students had was to read articles in English and then discuss them. Frequently, these articles – generally from English-language newspapers in Japan – brought up … Continue reading