Her SalonTea outlet in New York was at the City Club Hotel, and this gave Tracy a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to operate a boutique hotel. Tracy has always been a tea connoisseur, and enjoyed creating tea blends and opening tea rooms in Manhattan, Paris, and Dubai. It’s just magical.”īefore heading out west, Tracy lived in New York, where she studied at the New York School of Interior Design launched the brands SalonTea, Tea&Co., and Tracy Stern Shoes and wrote two books, Tea For You and Tea Party. The beautiful bougainvillea makes it like you’re living in technicolor. You can pick grapefruit and figs from your backyard, and while walking and taking hikes, you see all of these gorgeous flowers in full bloom all year round. “I love the sunsets, love the mountains with the palm trees, and all of the fruited trees. Ideas and inspirations abound for fabulous, easy, and affordable invitations, decorations, table settings, and charming party favors that tie into each party’s theme.įeaturing beautiful color photography throughout, Tea Party is a hip, up-to-date slant on a beloved tradition, inspiring everyone to drink a little more tea, celebrate a little more often, and enjoy life a whole lot more.“What I love most about Palm Springs is nature’s beauty,” Tracy says. Chai Breakfast Tea reveals a fantastic recipe for the sweetly spiced irresistible drink along with recipes for chai-scented pancakes and candied almonds.
A Mad Hatter’s Tea Party–for a birthday or an unbirthday–will delight kids and adults alike with tea sandwiches made with edible flowers followed by Eat Me! Cupcakes. The party suggestions are perfect for afternoons with friends, bridal and baby showers, cocktail and dinner parties, picnics, and brunches.
Above all, the focus is on fun, not fuss. Stern features classic tea accompaniments such as Scones with Clotted Cream and Cucumber-Mint Tea Sandwiches as well as novel recipes that use flavorful and healthful tea as an ingredient, including Homemade Potato Fries with Ceylon Tea Salt and Tea-Scented Chocolate Truffles. Starting with tips on choosing and brewing teas–from white and green teas to herbal rooibos and different black teas– Tea Party then shares more than seventy-five recipes, both savory and sweet, as part of twenty themed tea parties. In Tea Party, she encourages everyone to make their next gathering that much more special by incorporating tea into the menu. She has introduced a new generation to the pleasures of tea without any of its traditional stuffiness. She has created wildly popular lines of teas and tea-based beauty products and has hosted hundreds of stylish tea parties to celebrate all sorts of occasions.
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