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Category Archives: Menus
Xmas Afternoon Tea – 11 December 2016
Christmas is certainly one of my favourite times of the year and putting on a festive themed afternoon tea is always great fun. Items on the menu this year featured interpretations of some of the more traditional items one might … Continue reading →
Afternoon Tea 9 October 2016
2016 was an extremely busy year and as you can tell by the date of when this afternoon tea took place, I’m very behind posting this blog. Nevertheless, I remember it well! Autumn was a significant influence in what to … Continue reading →
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Afternoon Tea Sunday 28 August 2016
There’s a lot being said about ‘staycations’ these days; choosing to stay home rather than holiday further afield. A bank holiday weekend might be one of those occasions to take to the road and get away with the extra day … Continue reading →
Afternoon Tea 10 January 2016
There could be no better way to start the year off than with an afternoon tea. A private booking no less where ‘the fat man in a red suit’ had adorned the relevant Christmas trees with gifts of an afternoon … Continue reading →
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Tagged afternoon, apple, baked, beetroot, biscuit, black forest gateau, blue, butter, cake, carrot, cheese, cheesecake, chicken, cinnamon, circassian, cream, cress, curd, egg, fennel, hazelnut, honey, lemon, macadamia, macaron, nut, pop, pork, puff pastry, puree, ramekin, salad, Saltaire, Sandwich, savoury, scone, secret, tea, up
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Christmas Afternoon Tea – Sunday 13 December 2015
Is it just me, or has this been the fastest year on record? To whizz by that is? Such is the busyness of life I have to diarise my Christmas baking ‘weekend’. All my festive baking (mincemeat, pudding & cake) … Continue reading →
Afternoon Tea – Sunday 29 November 2015
With autumn in full swing and the festive Christmas season knocking on the door, it was to this seasonal ‘palette’ of flavours and treats I turned to for inspiration when designing this menu. I also had had an extremely busy … Continue reading →
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Tagged afternoon, apple, Bradford, bun, buttermilk, cake, cheese, choux, craquelin, cream, cucumber, Duchess, frosting, herb, macaron, maple, Moroccan, mulled, parsnip, pastrami, pop, potato, puff, roll, room, rosemary, Saltaire, Sandwich, scone, secret, Shipley, spring, spun, sugar, syrup, tea, up, West, wine, Yorkshire
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Afternoon Tea – Sunday 6 September 2015
I guess I should know by the now that after 4 years of doing this (yes 4 years!) that the deadline of 2pm for afternoon tea to commence seems to arrive quicker than I can throw a wet teabag at … Continue reading →
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Tagged afternoon, berry, blueberry, brie, cake, caramel, carrot, chantilly, cheese, cheesecake, chocolate, collar, cream, frosting, grape, hummus, icing, meringues, onion, potato, raspberry, roasted, salad, Saltaire, salted, Sandwich, savouries, savoury, seeds, Sicilian, sponge, strawberry, Swiss, tart, tea, three, tier, triple, West, white, Yorkshire
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Afternoon Tea – Sunday 26 July 2015
With summer in full swing, plenty of colour and freshness would be the theme of the day; there would be time enough for comfort food come the autumn. My guests were both newbies and ‘repeat offenders’ – the latter being … Continue reading →
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Tagged afternoon, banana, biscuits, Bradford, cake, caramelised, cheese, chez, chocolate, clandestine, club, cracked pepper, cream, melk, melktert, milk, mousse, muffin, mushroom, pepper, piquante, polka dot, pop, porcini, room, scone, secret, shamwari, Shipley, smoked chicken, strawberry, supper, tart, tea, tert, truffle, underground, up, West, wild rice, Yorkshire
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Afternoon Tea – Sunday 29 March 2015
With Easter just around the corner some traditional treats representing the time of year were required on the menu today. On the sweet side, chocolate; most definitely. Yellow also somehow seems to be associated with Easter for me so, yes, … Continue reading →
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Afternoon Tea Saturday 7 March 2015
I have a very small select group of ‘regulars’ amongst my guests and today’s visitors were some of those lucky ones – not because people don’t want to come back I hasten to add. On the contrary. The challenge is … Continue reading →
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