Upcoming Events

 
Break out from the winter doldrums and join us for one of our dynamic presentations…a perfect way to welcome spring !

April 5th
Tea Appreciation and Tea Tasting Class

Join us for an educational seminar on tea. Discover the origins, botany, cultivation, and spread of Camellia sinensis, as well as its development into the second most popular beverage in the world (after water). Sample the six great classes of tea, learning how they are manufactured and how each should be brewed. The class will conclude with a traditional afternoon tea prepared by the cooking school students of Metropolitain College .

12 noon-1:00 pm $20.00 suggested donation to the Beard House

April 9th
Beard on Book Series

author reading from our book The Story of Tea at the James Beard House, 167 West 12th Street, NYC, NY

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April 27th
Author Book Signing Dinner

Chicagourmets Food & Wine Society
Chicago, IL
exact location and time TBD

May 7, 14, 21st
Culture in a Teacup:
A Series of Three Tea Appreciation and
Tea Tasting Afternoons

Fitchburg Art Museum
185 Elm St, Fitchburg, MA 01420 (978) 345-4207
2:00-3:30 pm

May 29-31st
Author Book Signing

World Tea Expo
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

We are So Excited !!!

Last week we danced with joy when we learned that our book, The Story of Tea had been nominated as a Finalist in the 2008 IACP Cookbook Awards ( Single Subject Category). This week, to our even greater surprise, we were notified that The Story of Tea has been selected as a Finalist in the 2008 James Beard Foundation Book Awards (Reference Category).

We danced another jig, fired off a few exuberant emails, and suddenly realized that more than anything else, we were overwhelmed and stunned by all of this attention.

We are truly blessed to have our book singled-out by these prestigious culinary organizations from the distinguished pool of great cookbooks published in 2007. Being recognized by one’s colleagues is the dream of every professional, but we really did not imagine that our book would garner such attention.

For us, tea is our passion, and being able to share tea knowledge with tea enthusiasts and readers gives us a great deal of satisfaction. Writers do not write books to win awards, but being plucked out of the pack for a job well done, is, we must say, a pretty special feeling.

Of course, we hope that our book is selected as the WINNER in both categories, but the other books that have also been entered into our two categories are certainly serving up some pretty strong competition. But we will have to wait. The 2008 IACP Cookbook Awards will be announced on April 14th in New Orleans, and the 2008 James Beard Foundation Book Awards on June 8th in NYC.

To view the entire listing of award nominees, please visit: www.iacp.com & www.jamesbeard.org.