The Whistle Stop Tea Room is really described as a Texas tea room, with large portions and southern hospitality. They have Segafredo teas and coffees, an Italian company that has unbelievable flavor. If you are hungry for a crisp salad, be sure and try the Spinach Salad that comes with a wonderful sweet dressing [...]
The charming Winnsboro Bistro is an authentic English tea room where you can get a proper cup of tea in English country ambiance, and a bit of the history that goes with it. It is the Bistro’s pleasure to serve you the perfect cup of tea, in fine Spode China, with milk. Proudly featuring Yorkshire [...]
There is something about the way Chocolate Angel makes you feel. Something about the warmth you notice when you walk in the door, and the way you forget about the world outside. Something about the fabulous food and wonderful teas. Something that makes it the quintessential choice for ladies’ lunch, and a favorite destination for [...]
The tea room you always dreamed about. A chicken salad you crave over. Making friends where no one knows you. Even more than soups and salads, it is the personal and authentic that memories are made of – and that distinguishes the Charleston Tea Room. With 17 years of success at the Charleston Tea Room, [...]
Denton is a North Texas gem where cultural opportunities abound, and it is a fabulous place to visit for tea, museums, shopping and history. Home to the University of North Texas and Texas Women’s University, Denton is known for its vibrant music scene in the evenings. It also offers abundant arts and culture attractions by [...]
November 17 – January 1 A popular Houston tradition, Yuletide: Holiday Time at Bayou Bend features decorations and a special house exhibit that takes guests on a festive stroll through 250 years of history to see how Americans in the past celebrated with family and friends during the holidays. Candlelight Evenings Bayou Bend is open [...]
When we think of tea, many ideas come to mind; the cool glass of tea brewed from a cold-tea bag, instant tea from a powder in a jar, bottled and ready to drink tea, as well as the traditional loose-leaf tea brewed in a tea pot and served hot in a pretty china cup. But [...]
Always in the pursuit of another great Tea Room, I found myself flipping through the pages of Tea in Texas, a copy of which had been given to me by a sweet and very informed docent at Bayou Bend- (Museum of Fine Arts) in Houston. As a breast cancer patient at M.D. Anderson Hospital, I [...]
Edited by Merikay Waldvogel, Rosalind Webster Perry and Marian Ann J. Montgomery, Ph.D. Have you ever looked at a quilt and wondered about the story behind it, or the artist who created it? You can learn about some of the brightest lights in the history of quilting in “The Quilters Hall of Fame: 42 Masters [...]
These linen pieces were discovered in Texas attics; they were well-sealed for 40 years, well-protected, and in perfect condition. The endurance of these antique linens is a testament to the skill of handwork. Most families cherished their fancy work as machines could not fashion the detail of stitching and knotting that created these fanciful images. [...]
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